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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
