I think it would be helpful too. I try to minimise the amount of clientside script.
There are some tools I found here: http://www.web2pyslices.com/slices/take_slice/8 On Feb 16, 1:22 pm, Alan Etkin <spame...@gmail.com> wrote: > What if web2py provided an in-the-middle interface to web2pyify jQuery > features and, where possible, unify the usual server-side command > syntax of the web2py apps? > > I am aware that web2py currently supports a set of javascript > functions that handle jQuery and other javascript-related stuff, but I > am talking about a more extensive set of javascript tools, as for > example. > > -accessing safe data in storage objects client-side. > -query the database with a client pseudo DAL instance > -perhaps javascript helper and validator classes? > -cannot think of anything else by now, but surely there has to be > more. > > Note that this not a enhancement request or defect report, I just > wanted to share the issue to know if this would be a good feature or > not, wheter this is or is not suited for the framework design, or if > this kind of features would follow good software practices or it > wouldn't.