Steve I think your 2 cents are excellent.
To be honest, my experience of REST is zero but from Massimo's comment and a little reading I think it is an interesting goal to pursue, if it does not have any significant downside, and your comments on design assumptions and feedback are right on the money. My aim is to put forward a proposal tomorrow, probably as a new thread, that can be a starting point for discussion/feedback - unless someone beats me to it :-) On Oct 22, 9:58 pm, "Steve Shepherd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mmm.... the main idea of REST is to start black boxing functionality. > > Which is kinda great but has down sides of performance (as noted in the url > that Yarko tendered) > The theoretical world does need to be tempered with practical applications > often. > > As in RoR convention over configuration is a major factor. (That means that > a function is pre configured with a way of acting. ie index() is a create > form action) > > I think Massimo is using this approach in designing web2py, but I think it > is up to us to give him feedback on whether we think his design assumptions > are the right pre configuration for the majority of developers. > > If the majority of us think that displaying a list of records for a table is > the default index behaviour rather than a create form then Massimo should > feel the weight of this feedback. > > Ther are other things to consider for a framework developer (like > compatibility backward etc) but there is power in developing in this sort of > community as our collective experiences bring out more goals that can be > achieved with the framework. > > my 2 cents > > Steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
