What do you mean by "I never liked the fact that application specific routes are global"? You can have per/app routing files. Jonathan implemented this and it has been available for a while, although not documented in the printed book. Massimo
On Jan 10, 11:33 am, Wikus van de Merwe <dupakrop...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I'm not using these routes. These were just made up examples to challenge > the proposed new routes. Now I understand that new routes are not intend to > be replacement for the old one, but rather a simplified alternative to > handle the most common needs. > > However, it looks still quite complicated for me. I never liked the fact > that application specific routes are global. I think it would be much more > clear if global routes would be used to map to applications only (both based > on url paths and domains) and the app-specific local routes would be used to > map paths to controllers/functions. I also support pbreit here saying it > should be the default, that is web2py on installation should have welcome > and example apps with local routes. This separation makes things easier to > understand and manage. > > And answering your questions, I'm deploying my apps on GAE and I'm not using > domains. I'm using routes.py to simplify urls so that it is easier to > remember them or use in printed materials. For the rest I'm happy with the > default /controller/function dispatching.
