This is the best version! its stable and fast. Thanks. Question about the
book, is the online/pdf the same? you say is in between versions, both??
thanks
On Monday, 15 October 2012 18:04:36 UTC-7, Massimo Di Pierro wrote:
>
> The book is now kind of in between versions.... it is correct but some of
> the new features are not described and some example use old API while there
> is a better way. I plan to finish update it and release the 5th editions
> within one month. Hopefully sooner.
>
> On Monday, 15 October 2012 20:01:33 UTC-5, apps in tables wrote:
>>
>>
>> Fantastic.....as usual.
>>
>> tiny hint:
>> can the book title be more descriptive of the related version of web2py ?
>>
>>
>> On Monday, October 15, 2012 8:30:42 PM UTC+3, martzi wrote:
>>>
>>> Many thanks Massimo web2py is here to stay !
>>>
>>> On Monday, October 15, 2012 1:55:39 PM UTC+2, Massimo Di Pierro wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Changelog:
>>>>
>>>> - overall faster web2py
>>>> - when apps are deleted, a w2p copy left in deposit folder
>>>> - change in cron (it is now disabled by default). removed -N option and
>>>> introdu\
>>>> ced -Y.
>>>> - faster web2py_uuid() and request initialization logic, thanks Michele
>>>> - static asset management, thanks Niphlod
>>>> - improved mobile admin
>>>> - request.requires_https and Auth(secure=True), thanks Yarin and Niphlod
>>>> - better custom_import (works per app and is faster), thanks Michele
>>>> - redis_sesssion.py, thanks Niphlod
>>>> - allow entropy computation in IS_STRONG and web2py.js, thanks Jonathan
>>>> and Nip\
>>>> hlod
>>>> - fixed many aith.wiki problems
>>>> - support for auth.wiki(render='html')
>>>> - better welcome layout, thanks Paolo
>>>> - db.define_table(...,redefine=True)
>>>> - DAL, Row, and Rows object can now be pickled/unpickled, thanks to
>>>> zombie DAL.
>>>> - admin uses codemirror
>>>> - allow syntax auth = Auth(db).define_tables()
>>>> - better auth.wiki with preview, thanks Alan
>>>> - better auth.impersonate, thanks Alan
>>>> - upgraded jQuery 1.8
>>>> - upgraded Bootstrap 2.1
>>>> - fixed problems with dropbox_account.py
>>>> - many fixes to cache.ram, cache.disk, memcache and gae_memcache
>>>> - cache.with_prefix(cache.ram,'prefix')
>>>> - db.table.field.epoch() counts seconds from epoch
>>>> - DAL support for SQL CASE, example:
>>>> db().select(...query.case('true','false))
>>>> - DAL(...,do_connect=False) allows faking connections
>>>> - DAL(...,auto_import=True) now retieves some fiel attributes
>>>> - mail can specify a sender: mail.send(...,sender='Mr X <%(sender)s>')
>>>> - renamed gluon/contrib/comet_messaging.py ->
>>>> gluon/contrib/websocket_messaging.py
>>>>
>>>> Please check it and report any problem.
>>>> As usual, thanks to the many people who have contributed, in particular
>>>> Michele and Niphlod.
>>>>
>>>> Massimo
>>>>
>>>
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