responded in the other thread by I recommend asking those questions here https://groups.google.com/g/py4web
On Saturday, 7 December 2024 at 11:08:35 UTC-8 lcham...@gmail.com wrote: > I've just come from web2py and I find the py4web doc very incomplete, even > for trivial things like: > > if you create an application from scaffold, well, you have a set of files > and you have to write your functions in controllers.py, but you don't know > why. If you try to create (as in web2py) a toto.py, well, py4web never > finds it. If you want to take code from examples, well, how do you do it? > .... etc. > > > Le lundi 16 septembre 2024 à 01:18:51 UTC+2, Massimo Di Pierro a écrit : > >> I very much appreciate this kind of feedback. My support of web2py has >> been slow but it has not needed much. >> The fact is, if you are using python 2.7 with web2py my ability to >> improve web2py is limited by the python version before anything else. >> Moving from web2py + 2.7 to web2py + 3.11 is a relatively small change >> for users. >> >> I would very like to understand better how we can make py4web better and >> easier than web2py. >> >> >> On Sunday 25 August 2024 at 08:34:56 UTC-7 Peter wrote: >> >>> I am not a professional developer and I understand others have to >>> consider far greater risks in terms of any possible impact of errors and >>> downtime but I wanted to add my two pence (cents) worth regarding my >>> experience of upgrading to web2py to Python3! >>> >>> In 2016/17 I developed a web2py app for a family member to manage >>> activities, invoices, payments and more for a small business (sql db, >>> outgoing sms, pdf invoices/receipts... and hosted on pythonanywhere.com). >>> The app has been in use ever since with additions and modifications being >>> made periodically. In November 2022 I migrated the app to a new server (US >>> to EU but still pythonanywhere) and took the opportunity to upgrade to >>> python3. I found the upgrade to be a relatively painless exercise. As >>> Massimo mentioned there were some print statement errors and two maybe >>> three others that popped up. I found fixes for each error easily and they >>> were quickly corrected. >>> >>> Many thanks again Massimo and to all the support community for all the >>> work put in to web2py and py4web! >>> >>> Lastly, for what its worth, I have found py4web a bit more >>> advanced/intimidating to get started with but still would love to get >>> something useful up and running... 2025 might be the year! >>> >>> Peter >>> On Sunday 14 July 2024 at 03:10:05 UTC+1 Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >>> >>>> Hello everybody, >>>> >>>> You may have noticed I am not very active on this mailing list. That is >>>> mostly because I have been concentrating my energy on py4web which I think >>>> is must more modern and faster than web2py. >>>> >>>> Once again I want to encourage you to move. >>>> If you look at this page >>>> >>>> https://py4web.com/#why >>>> >>>> You will find it to be very familiar: >>>> - has an admin interface (called _dashboard) >>>> - has an dbadmin interface >>>> - same pyDAL >>>> - same template language >>>> - same helpers >>>> - same session interface >>>> - similar but better Form >>>> - similar but better Grid (still evolving) >>>> - different request object but compatible with bottlepy >>>> - different auth logic but support for more Oauth2 services (github, >>>> okta, facebook, etc.) >>>> - different but similar background scheduler >>>> >>>> Here are some instructions about how to move from web2py to py4web >>>> >>>> web2py currently works for python2.7 and python3.7+ but they are using >>>> a frozen version of pydal. This no longer works on Google App Engine. So >>>> how do we fix it? >>>> >>>> I am considering the following: >>>> - freezing web2py for Python 2.7 and stopping support. >>>> - continuing limited support of web2py for python3.7+ and specifically >>>> upgrade pydal for the lastest. >>>> - upgrade pydal so that it continues to work on Google App Engine for >>>> both web2py and py4web. >>>> >>>> My questions are: Is this worth it? Have people moved from python2.7 to >>>> 3.7+ already? Are people here interested in continuing to use web2py with >>>> GAE? >>>> >>>> >>>> Massimo >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- 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. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/68751424-334f-42cd-96b5-b7cda3ff9631n%40googlegroups.com.
