this has been on my list of things I want (or think maybe I want) for ... a while. Basically, I couldn't justify an sqldesigner app because of two things - one of them being the global routes which sqldesigner seems to (really) need for at least 2 purposes.
This kind of admin / helper app would then require routes.py at a global level for every installation, which just isn't acceptable. The second problem (Massimo) that sqldesigner showed, which I haven't thought of yet: - the 3rd party (sqldesigner) static source contains a link to it's own documentation / help within that static tree, and the generated link always fails (the implicit "index.html" for the directory is omitted from the link). Historically, this is common enough practice in static web pages that we should think about how to accomodate this in web2py. It will be important for porting static pages to dynamic web2py use - all static should work first, then pieces replaced w/ dynamic functionality - so this last part seems like a basic pre-requisite. Thoughts? Yarko P.S. - Robin - let me know if you start on a patch for routes; I may eventually, but will announce on list if / when I start work on it; my todo list is a mile high, so it may be a while. On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 7:23 AM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > I can see problems with this. But it may work. If you have a patch, > let me look at it. > > Massimo > > On Jan 8, 12:27 am, Robin B <robi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Proposal: if web2py/applications/*/routes.py exists, then it is joined > > with web2p/routes.py if any, and the app may rewrite the sections > > after the app name, (controller, function, args, kwargs). > > > > This would be useful for building rich/restful urls: > > > > /api/blogs/11/posts/22/comments.xml > > > > While this can be accomplished already with web2py/routes.py, the fact > > is that an application like this will not work with out creating/ > > modifying the global routes.py (bad), by checking for per-app routes, > > apps can define nice routes that work with or without web2py/ > > routes.py. > > > > This would allow apps to have isolated customization without modifying > > or even requiring the use of global routes. > > > > It would be backwards compatible! > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Robin > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
