#7 is possible. Just have to dig a little. Plus it is not very necessary to do because now there is custom crud.
As for #5: We should all be glad that web2py is not trying to be a 'real ORM'. The 'real ORM' concept has been proven to be a failure and was obviously a silly idea from the very beginning. On Aug 29, 8:03 pm, Julio <ju...@techfuel.net> wrote: > For #1, I'd suggest you visit an entry I have in my (web2py-built) > blog:http://www.julioflores.com/zblog/blog/view/20- web2py can very > well be "debugged" real time, with variable scoping, stack data, > breakpoints, etc, etc, literally as you would run a webapp in .Net > (you just need to get the right tools).. > > Julio > > On Aug 29, 4:15 pm, Scott Hunter <shun...@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > A colleague has lodged the following complaints about web2py, and I'd > > like to run my responses by this group in order to correct/strengthen > > those responses. > > > Complaint #1: No real-time debugging (i.e. proper step-debugging in a > > real IDE) > > Response #1: web2py, being a framework, does not include a full-blown > > IDE, but it doesn't preclude your using your favorite IDE. > > > Complaint #2: No proper logging mechanism for modules. (Related: > > web2py is pathetic at third-party module integration) > > Response #2: Again, nothing in web2py precludes using python's logging > > facility. (And I've had no problem getting it to play nice with PIL > > and some other modules, so I'm not sure what the complaint is here.) > > > Complaint #3: Having to do strange things (like double-imports and > > reloads) to pick up run-time changes in my module. (This may be where > > the complaint about 3rd party modules comes from.) > > Response #3: I believe the issue here is that there is a module which > > is being developed/debugged, but changes to it aren't getting picked- > > up without re-starting the application (or doing "strange things"). > > Were the module being developed located inside web2py during > > development, then I believe edits would get picked up immediately. > > > Complaint #4: web2py will not let me handle my own form, considering I > > don't want to use web2py's ORM to talk to my data > > Response #4: There is NOTHING in web2py the prevents you from using > > your own form. > > > Complaint #5: It's not a real ORM, because there is entirely 'zero' > > configuration like a real ORM has. It's a database-to-HTML-form > > management system, not an object-relational management system. > > Response #5: White it has features to facilitate HTML form management, > > it certainly seems to map records to objects... > > > Complant #6: web2py will only let you process a web2py form if it was > > created in the controller > > Response #6: while a from OBJECT must be created in the controller, > > the actual form need not be. > > > Complaint #7: web2py won't let me loop over keys in their custom dict > > () structure (called Storage) in order to circumvent the FORM and > > SQLFORM issues in #5 above > > Response #7: ? > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > - Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
