The book is online https://github.com/web2py/web2py-book You can fork it edit it, then submit a PR. You should be able to do everything online.
Massimo On Friday, 4 August 2017 10:43:14 UTC-5, CDA wrote: > > I'll be more than happy to assist. How do I start? > > On Aug 4, 2017 11:34 AM, "Massimo Di Pierro" <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Can I ask for some help in editing the book. specifically: >> >> 1) describe {{=ASSIGNJS(js_var = python_var)}} >> >> 2) new syntax to store .table files in DB itself instead of in the >> filesystem (works with any DB) >> >> from gluon import DAL, Field >> >> from gluon.dal import InDBMigrator >> >> db = DAL(uri, adapter_args=dict(migrator=InDBMigrator)) >> >> 3) new syntax to connect to MySQL and Potgresql on GAE >> >> Follow instructions >> https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/flexible/python/using-cloud-sql >> then use DAL//web2py URI: >> >> >> "google:MySQLdb://username:password@/dbname?unix_socket=/cloudsql/projectname:dbzone >> :dbinstancename" >> >> >> "google:psycopg2://username:password@/dbname?unix_socket=/cloudsql/projectname:dbzone >> :dbinstancename" >> >> In this case the adapter_args=dict(migrator=InDBMigrator)) is the default >> behavior. >> >> 4) If you need to select lots of data and you do not want web2py to parse >> it into object but get the raw data as returned by the DB as a list of >> tuples: >> >> rows = db(query).select(processor=lambda *a,**b: a[0]) >> >> -- >> Resources: >> - http://web2py.com >> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "web2py-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.