On Jun 20, 10:45 am, Thadeus Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with most of these points. > > http://packages.python.org/web2py_utils/test_runner.html > > That is about as far as you will get with testing on web2py. You need > very hacky code just to run your tests properly. Web2py was just not > designed with testing in mind, and due to backwards compatibility > never can be.
I wonder if unittest2(), and the backported discover mechanism would help? I haven't looked at this, but know Michael Foord has been working on it, and recently posted: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/unittest2 > > One of the things I dislike about web2py are the conventions! I am > tired of software assuming what I want it to do (grrr microsoft > paperclip), half the time I have to hack around things the framework > "assumes" I want to get it to do what I really want. > > -- > Thadeus > > On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 2:26 AM, Giuseppe Luca Scrofani > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am a totally noob so I am not the best person to tell this, however, > > I think web2py is the best python software I ever tried, after python > > itself. I tried only django in this field before, my experience in > > limited, but I just can't imagine something better for the development > > of web application. Maybe Ruby On Rails, in the scene from a long > > time, can be more "mature". But I think with some exposition web2py > > can grow to be the industry standard, now it seems to be in a niche > > waiting to explode. You Bihn made some good service to address > > weakness and propose improvements, so thanks. When I've had enough > > experience and skill to contribute to this project Im surely will and > > if this gaps arent yet solved (very improbable) I will try to solve > > the most easy :D > > > For the point 3 I can say conventions dont'have to be this rigid, I > > create always css, img, swf ecc. folders on static. I think it is > > automatic to do this, but if dont want to do this for any reason I > > dont like to be forced. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe without all present > > conventions learning will be much difficult and web2py would be more > > like cherrypy where you can do all what you want how you want (if you > > know your stuff) with a higher learning curve. > > > What I think is another area, in my humble opinion, of improvement is > > the manual, it is very good, but more example, a clearer API and a > > better search function can make my searches for information more easy. > > > Please excuse me for my bad english.
