Re: [Twisted-Python] High-level view of Twisted

2011-01-31 Thread Jason Heeris
On 1 February 2011 13:58, Kevin Horn wrote: > A couple of us are getting fired up about cleaning up the documentation to > make it easier for those new to Twisted to find what they're looking for, so > please do speak up with any feedback you have. My only suggestion is this: no magic! As per my

Re: [Twisted-Python] High-level view of Twisted

2011-01-31 Thread Kevin Horn
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:58 PM, Jason Heeris wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to come to grips with Twisted, and so far I've been following > and tweaking example after example. But I'm finding it incredibly hard > to get a high level view of the Twisted "landscape" — and because I > don't know what I

Re: [Twisted-Python] High-level view of Twisted

2011-01-31 Thread Jason Heeris
On 1 February 2011 13:15, Andrew Bennetts wrote: > Jason Heeris wrote: > [...] >> 2. What is a Factory, anyway? What are they *for*? > > > says: Oh, and I also has a link to a "client writing howto"[1], which was one of

Re: [Twisted-Python] High-level view of Twisted

2011-01-31 Thread Jason Heeris
On 1 February 2011 13:15, Andrew Bennetts wrote: > Jason Heeris wrote: > [...] >> 2. What is a Factory, anyway? What are they *for*? > > (I couldn't resist the opportunity to link to the glossary after the recent > thread about it...) I completely missed the glossary somehow, thanks :) — Jason

Re: [Twisted-Python] High-level view of Twisted

2011-01-31 Thread Andrew Bennetts
Jason Heeris wrote: [...] > 2. What is a Factory, anyway? What are they *for*? says: In general, an object that constructs other objects. In Twisted, a Factory usually refers to a twisted.internet.protocol.Factory,