-Rob
On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Scott <blueseas...@gmail.com> wrote: > I missed the last few sections when I pasted in my response :-) > > - web2py uses the DAL as documented here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web2py#Database_handling; > why is an ORM needed? > > - web2py has excellent IDE support through Eclipse and Wing IDE. > Maybe we need more details on his issue. > It also happens to work *out of the box* with IntelliJ IDEA --- with full debugging support! > > - As he rightly points out the single-core question is an interpreter > limitation of sorts and really has nothing to do with web2py. That > having been said, you can easily set up multiple instances and load- > balance them. All of which is heavily documented in the scalability > section of the web2py book. > > On Aug 1, 4:36 pm, Scott <blueseas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Here are my thoughts, point by point: > > > > - web2py does support unit testing as it uses python code. I think > > the article author means you cannot currently set up unit tests within > > the administration console. You can configure tests as much or as > > little as you like from the command line. > > > > - I think the article author should elaborate on the meaning of the > > phrase “used in a twisted way to design the framework”. I don't see > > anything twisted about the implementation; web2py is a WSGI > > application. Personally, I think following Style Guide for Python > > Code (PEP-8) is a good thing. Why is following the standard Style > > Guide a bad thing? It promotes readability, consistency and > > reusability. > > > > - I cannot disagree with the author more on his view of error > > reporting. I prefer having the list of errors viewable from the > > administration console so I can refer to previous errors without > > grepping through logs. Not only that, but web2py built-in error > > reporting gives you hyperlinks to the files so you can track down the > > root cause. This is a Good Thing™! Furthermore, you could just > > enable & tail the debug log if it bothers you that much. > > > > On Aug 1, 1:28 pm, David Marko <dma...@tiscali.cz> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >http://www.ahmedsoliman.com/2010/07/29/the-good-and-bad-about-web2py/ >
