I like this idea alot, it would be a valuable resource for a beginner (like me). I think its important that it be wiki-style so that we can all come in and add our example useages to the statements, helpers, etc. (like weheh mentioned) so we get a feel for how to use it if we're stuck.
On Jul 9, 2:15 pm, weheh <richard_gor...@verizon.net> wrote: > This is an old request, but I haven't heard anything about it of late > and wanted to keep it alive. > > I propose a web2py reference manual where every web2py-native > statement, helper, DAL, auth, settable attribute, ... whatever is in > indexed and every page has sections: description, usage, arguments > list with explanation of each argument, and reference/link to a parent > statement, helper, DAL, etc. > > At least, I think a reference should be as good as python's > documentation and possibly better. I imagine this could easily be a > community thing, built by wiki (prefereably a web2py wiki). If we > could all agree to the headings, then we could all choose a couple/few > web2py statements to work on to document. I bet we could have a kick- > ass reference manual built in a matter of weeks without consuming all > of Massimo's time, and preferably as little as possible. > > What do you think? Anybody have ideas about how we could do it?
