Coming from Pyjamas I lifted its approach to build a Web2py View HTML file. My question was: does anyone manage the CSS of their Web2py server pages and their GWT client app together? And I was going to follow-up with: What issues did they have to overcome? Are they using CSS variables between the two systems? For now I'm going to leverage GWT's CSS system and keep it separate from Web2py's approach.
On 29 October 2012 11:05, Joe Barnhart <joe.barnh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well back on your original topic, I don't see why web2py would be in any way > unsuitable for a GWT front end, since it speaks fluent JSON and XML and has > such grace when it comes to writing controllers for this kind of purpose. > The only issue is getting the layout.html just right with the added needs of > GWT but I'm sure Massimo or someone more knowledgeable than I can help with > that. > > Joe B. > > > On Sunday, October 28, 2012 12:34:28 PM UTC-7, Carl wrote: >> >> That's, as you've pointed out, comparing source code. I was comparing >> their respective JavaScript output. The number of lines of Java I've written >> using GWT will be more than the lines of Python I'd written using Pyjamas. >> But the JavaScript that GWT generates is far smaller than that produced by >> Pyjamas. >> >> On 28 Oct 2012, at 19:13, Joe Barnhart <joe.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I found the quote in the online pyjs "book" and I see it refers to the >> pyjs compiler tool chain itself, not the generated programs: >> >>> In 2006, GWT was ported to python, by James Tauber, in a successful >>> experiment called Pyjamas. The 80,000 or so lines of source code that made >>> up GWT 1.2 were dramatically reduced to only 8,000, for Pyjamas. >> >> >> But I did see some encouraging talk about a "dynamic link" option that >> turns your single pyjs application into a series of relatively independent >> objects and allows caching for each one independently, which could have an >> impact on reload times (depending on your browser cache settings). >> >> -- Joe B. >> >> On Sunday, October 28, 2012 2:30:39 AM UTC-7, Carl wrote: >>> >>> I've not read that claim while using Pyjamas. Do you have a reference to >>> make your money back claim :) >>> >>> On 28 Oct 2012, at 09:21, Joe Barnhart <joe.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Carl -- >>> >>> That is surprising. I don't know much about pyjs or GWT for that matter, >>> but from what I had read the underlying Python language was so close in >>> philosophy to Javascript that its "adapter" code was an order of magnitude >>> smaller than for Java, which has rather large issues of compatibility with >>> Javascript. One of the core advantages of pyjs was that it was way smaller >>> than GWT for a given app -- or so the advertisement went! Looks like I'll >>> have to ask for my money back! >>> >>> -- Joe B. >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, October 27, 2012 2:04:11 AM UTC-7, Carl wrote: >>>> >>>> thanks for taking the time to reply Joe. >>>> >>>> I've written quite a lot of code using Pyjamas and really enjoyed it. >>>> But the application size grows quickly making support of mobile >>>> platforms impractical. I switched to GWT (and GWTP) to reduce my >>>> application size. GWT delivers so many advantages that they offset the >>>> pain of writing in Java :) I have Web2py and GWT communicating over >>>> JSON and use GWT Overlays to receive the data on the client side. >>>> >>>> Of those written Python server code and GWT client apps, none I've >>>> come across, are using Web2py. This post was an attempt to track one >>>> down. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 27 October 2012 08:59, Joe Barnhart <joe.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> > Well, there is the Python equivalent to GWT called Pyjamas (now >>>> > renamed >>>> > pyjs). It has been used with web2py successfully. There's even a >>>> > "how to" >>>> > document in the old FAQ section of the web2py.com site (also >>>> > referenced on >>>> > the pyjs site). >>>> > >>>> > The essential problem with using GWT is that *most* GWT apps use >>>> > Google's >>>> > homemade RPC to communicate between the browser and the server. That >>>> > RPC is >>>> > not supported on web2py. You could still use XMLRPC or JSONRPC but >>>> > you have >>>> > to make that choice explicitly in your GWT app. (I'm no GWT expert so >>>> > this >>>> > is about as deep as I go.) >>>> > >>>> > Joe B. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Friday, October 26, 2012 3:06:38 AM UTC-7, Carl wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> Is anyone using GWT to build clients to work with Web2py server apps? >>>> >> >>>> >> I'm copying my GWT WAR directory into my Web2y's server's STATIC >>>> >> directory >>>> >> but what's the best way to manage GWT's CSS file? >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> >> > > -- > > > --
