Thanks for letting me know about web2py's flexibility, Derek. Per your take on OO relevance, I'll slow down on that and dig right into the nuts and bolts of web2py. Fun!
On Monday, May 20, 2013 1:22:55 PM UTC-4, Derek wrote: > > Where does it fall? Probably more near ROCA than SPA, but you can build > your apps however you want. It's open enough to allow both of those use > cases. OO may be helpful, but it's not necessary with Web2py. Web2py just > gives you all the help you need to build your app as quickly as possible. > It does so in a way that by default will be secure. > > As far as future direction? I'm happy with how it is now, I wouldn't want > to change it, except perhaps to fork it's core to a smaller wsgi toolset > framework. > > I've written all kinds of web apps, my favorite right now is SPA because > it reduces latency, and bandwidth. It seems like so much waste with loading > everything again on each page load for each user action. > > On Monday, May 20, 2013 1:10:49 AM UTC-7, Jay Martin wrote: >> >> Greetings All, >> >> I'm new here. Congratulations on building a great framework and >> community! I hope to learn and contribute along with you. >> >> I don't have a specific technical problem. However, I will share a >> question stemming from my current state of curiosity about web app >> architectures that you might enjoy chiming in on: >> >> *Where does web2py fall between the polar extremes of Single Page >> Applications (SPA) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-page_application>and >> Resource Oriented Client Architecture (ROCA) <http://roca-style.org/>, >> and in which direction would you personally like to see it shift in the >> future (for web3py and web3py backports to web2py)? *(It's possible that >> by ignorance, I've selected a poor choice of opposites. In which case you >> might suggest your own pair.) >> >> *Personal Context* (in case your curious): >> >> *Motivation: *To create food planning/shopping related web app to >> disrupt the way things are currently done ; Fall-back plan to become expert >> in all things web app related (development and design). I'm in it for the >> long haul! >> >> *Stack History:* I started studying web dev a year ago and studied an >> immature SPA framework for several months, after learning the basics of >> JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Through my naivety I only recently discovered the >> problems involved with SPA regarding SEO crawlability etc. Instead of >> "JavaScript Everywhere!" as advertised, PHP was recommended to handle the >> server-side stuff. I choose not to learn PHP out of concern for its >> security and overall design incohesiveness. >> >> I compared Rails and Django. Python's readability won out. While Django's >> community is larger, I sense something special going on here and I want to >> be a part of it. Also, the web2py components and built in ajax support >> clinched it for me. >> >> I enjoyed the free CS101 course in Python at Udacity.com, but it didn't >> cover OO, so I'm now reading Monty/Karel in >> Python<http://www.amazon.com/Monty-Karel-Introduction-Object-Oriented-Programming/dp/0970579527>. >> >> I hope to be up to speed soon. In the mean time, *if I can help with >> anything at all, please let me know.* >> * >> * >> All my best, >> >> Jay >> Meals7, Inc. >> webapphero.com >> > -- --- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
