Hello Web2Py group, I'm am currently evaluating different Python-based Web Application frameworks and had a question regarding Web2Py and the use of traditional Python classes.
My question is that why do you not create true Python classes (using the class) keyword when developing the models? For example, our Models that we use today are very large and complex. We have many instance methods defined with our models but today our models are true Python classes. We have database readers and writers which are responsible for pulling the data from our DB which then create and populate our models. But in Web2Py it doesn't seam like we have the ability. Suppose I have a Contact model...how would I build it in web2py such that I can have various instance methods/attributes associated with that Contact model? It seams to me that with web2py we just have to work with raw data fields that come back from DAL queries. So what is the recommended way to accomplish this if possible? Thanks in advance and I appreciate the help. -Ralph
