Another happy PB user here, and I used the O'Reilly book. In fact, PB has changed so little that it's still using old-style classes. That bit us in the ass a couple times (no super!).
David Ripton wrote: > On 2009.09.17 17:39:17 -0500, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Brett Sheffield <br...@gladserv.com> wrote: >> >>> Arthur Pemberton wrote: >>> >>>> 1) Is the Twisted Matrix book published by Orielly relevant ie. updated >>>> enough? >>>> >>> Yes. I just read it and it has excellent Perspective Broker examples in >>> chapters 5 & 6 which got me to a flying start recently. Obviously >>> you'll want to read the online docs too. >>> >>> It doesn't cover twisted.web and nevoew very well because the API was >>> still shifting about then, but the rest seems pretty good. It was >>> published in 2006. >>> >> I know it was published in 2006, but 3 years can be a long time in the >> computing industry, but you've convinced me that its worth a ready. Is >> > > PB has changed very little lately. My PB-using project started in 2003. > The last time I remember changing something to sync with a Twisted > change was in late 2003, when I switched my from using the old cred API > to the new cred API. Since then it's been 100% boringly > backward-compatible. If you want stable documentation and the most > examples and a very strong likelihood that the API won't change > underneath you, PB is your best Twisted RPC option. > > (Other Twisted RPC options include AMP, Foolscap, and txprotobuf. I > recommend learning PB first because it has the most examples and docs so > it's the easiest to learn. If you end up using one of the others to get > better security or portability or whatever, it'll be pretty easy to > learn because the Twisted fundamentals carry over.) > > -- Mark Visser, Software Director Lumière VFX Email: ma...@lumierevfx.com Phone: +1-514-316-1080 x3030 _______________________________________________ Twisted-Python mailing list Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python
