On Monday, July 11, 2011 9:38:03 AM UTC-4, Francisco Costa wrote: > > Hi, is there any visual chart or text that explain what happens when a > page request is made? > For my knowledge this is the order: > > - Models > - Controller > - View > > But what exactly is executed? > > I know if I open a certain page it only executes that controller and > view, but it seams that Models are all executed.. > > Is it right to assume that smaller and faster models will enhance > web2py performance?
Check out http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/04#Dispatching. You are right that smaller/faster models should improve speed a bit, though as Massimo has pointed out, as of 1.96.1, we have conditional models that are executed only for specific controllers and/or functions. Anthony
