also note that you can extend the Auth class (see http://web2py.com/examples/default/tools ) <http://web2py.com/examples/default/tools>
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 7:06 PM, waTR <roman.proje...@gmail.com> wrote: > > CAS = Central Authentication System > You can find the plugin on the web2py website or by searching the > usergroup. > http://www.web2py.com/AlterEgo/default/show/49 > > I ended up rolling my own, as this project I am working on is also > being used by me to learn the ins and outs of the framework. T2 is > excellent for user management, but I needed custom login/register/ > prefs views in my app, and I didn't want to spend the time to learn > the intricacies of T2 in order to customize its views. I would use T2 > when I just needed something QUICK, and didn't care about the UI > design details. CAS would have been a good alternative, but I had the > same problem with it as T2. > > I am currently done my USER controls part of the webapp, and am moving > onto the actual functionality (took 1.5 week to finish learning and > making lots of mistakes). Mind you 1 out of the 1.5 was spent of stuff > other than web2py, like getting javascript plug-ins to work with > web2py (see my thickbox question thread). It was slow going at the > beginning, but I have now written enough code for the USER controls, > and used enough web2py features to really be able to move much faster. > > As a way to learn web2py, I HIGHLY recommend rolling your own USER > login/register/modify app. It is an excellent way to introduce > yourself to the basic functionality of the framework. I am using a > combination of FORM helpers and my own custom written HTML form code > and get/post. > > I will happily post the source-code as GPL once I finish enough of the > program, as I am a strong believer in 2 lines of comment per line of > code, so my code is quite well commented. Though, while there is a > great quantity of comments, I can't speak for their quality. > > My setup: > OS: Mac OSX - 2gig ram mac mini > web2py 1.61.3 > Eclipse IDE + pyDev + HTML/CSS/Jscript plugins > Firefox + Firebug -> open tabs: web2py usergroup, Web2py interactive > examples, web2py epidoc, blueprint CSS library homepage, web2py myApp > Design admin interface, web2py app html pages for testing what I > write, Python Tutorial at python.org, w3cschool for CSS/HTML > reference. > PDF reader -> open to: web2py Manual ($12 PDF), and sometimes other > texts like T2 manual (for inspiration, not actually using T2). > > I was also interested in web2py since before T2, and had stopped by > the forum often. However, I have only recently had the time to write > some web-apps. > > Cheers. > > > On Apr 21, 2:39 pm, Tim Michelsen <timmichel...@gmx-topmail.de> wrote: > > > As someone who started coding an app in web2py 2 weeks ago, I can say > > > that it is by-far the easiest framework to use. For the app I am > > > working on I have looked at numerous frameworks in numerous languages, > > > including ruby + rails, python + django/turboGears/etc, PHP + Zend, > > > perl + gantry, etc. > > > > > I must say that it is not completely straight forward in that I never > > > had any questions (as you can see by searching how many questions I > > > asked). However, the problems I encountered are to do with either my > > > ignorance, or things that I choose to do the hard way, I.e. without > > > using T2/T3/CAS. > > > > I can only support that. > > My idea came around one month ago. > > I search for frameworks read the cookbook.pdf 2 weeks ago. > > Couldn't resist to try it. > > The base functionality is now in. > > I am now to tweak the view, searches... > > > > I would love to see more t2 examples for beginners. > > > > What is CAS? > > > > Regards, > > Timmie > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
