Thank you Anthony :) On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Aside from the book, there's the Epydoc auto-generated source code > documentation: http://www.web2py.com/examples/static/epydoc/index.html. > You might also find it helpful to just explore the source code directly. > You can use any IDE, and if you want auto-completion for the web2py API, > you can add the following at the top of your model and controller files: > > if 0: > from gluon import * > > The /web2py/gluon/__init__.py file exposes the entire web2py API, > including the request, response, and session global objects, so the above > import makes everything visible to the IDE. The "if 0:" ensures the import > doesn't actually happen when your code is run (you don't really need it), > but the IDE will still analyze the import and provide auto-completion. > (Actually, only trunk includes the updated code to expose request, > response, and session via the above import trick, so you'll have to use > trunk or wait for the upcoming release for that to work fully.) > > There's also the rad2py IDE (http://code.google.com/p/rad2py/), which is > designed to work with web2py. > > Note, aside from the list of HTML helpers and form validators, the API is > actually fairly compact (http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/4#API > ). > > Anthony > > On Thursday, February 23, 2012 11:25:52 AM UTC-5, Sathvik Ponangi wrote: >> >> Is there a PHP like reference manual for Web2Py? >> Or maybe an IDE that'll help a newbie, ex-PHPite like me build faster? >> > -- Sathvik Ponangi
