Thank you, yes, this is a little more than a proof of concept but my idea is to extend it has needed. There could even be a "template manager" where people could associate options with parts of the model to be included (integrated with the web interface). To make things clear, I think a good practice would be to define models in a yaml file, and model methods, labels and helpers in a second python file (that would import the generated code)...
one more thing: I gave an option (not documented in the screencast) called "dbline". Instead of defining a database with its variables explicitly, you can just define the dbline directly, such as: db: name: db dbline: mysql://username:passw...@localhost/test Unfortunately (or not), I may take some time to answer in the next week because I'll go for vacation to Sicily (have you heard of it? ;)... Best Regards On Apr 11, 3:19 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > This is fantastic. > I think this should be integrated in web2py or at least provide a > plugin for it (assuming there is a pure python yaml parser with > compatible license and I think yes) > > I also think, along this line there is even more we can do: > > *) use the yaml also to define which actions are needed, which crud > forms and crud selects should be in each action, what their parameters > should be, which default layout to use (downloaded from web), > *) edit the yaml using a tree-like gui > *) save the state so that the yams stays attached to the generated app > *) Instead of generating code, provide an alternative scaffolding app > that generates models dynamically using the example > inhttp://groups.google.com/group/web2py/msg/97ebeff3781e6739 > > In the end the entire app can re presented as a tree: > > - models > - db > - table 1 > - field 1 > - field 2 > - type > - length > - validator > - widget > - widget attrbute > - table 2 > - field 3 > - controllers > - index: > - authentication: everybody > - show in menu: yes > - create form 1 > - for table 1 > - set field2 writable false > - select form 1 > - filter records by query > - show only columns field 1, field 2 > - view > - extends "http://...../web2py.plugin.sleek.w2p"; > - h1: "Hello World" > - div > - p: "insert a record below" > - p > - place crud form > - h2: > - div > - p: "selected record" > - place crud select > > On Apr 11, 7:49 am, blackthorne <francisco....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > For some reason the attachment didn't came up. > > Here is the missing code:http://bit.ly/dgv8Qb > > > Best Regards > > > On Apr 11, 1:37 pm, Francisco Ribeiro <francisco....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > hi > > > > here is something I have done on web2py so you can define models using > > > the YAML lang. > > > I also included a 12 min screencast to show how you can use > > > it:http://vimeo.com/10837176 > > > > checkout the template file in models/yaml/template.yml (inside the > > > w2pymt.zip) for options > > > Please send me all comments, questions, critics but keep in mind this is > > > little more than a proof of concept > > > > Enjoy! -- To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
