I too have lots of issues with searching google groups.
On Apr 4, 12:21 pm, mikech <mp.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd like to see some FAQ topics that can be pointed to on the usual FUD > about Web2py. For instance: > > In web2py the code you write for the controller layer (views) goes into > files that are not Python modules because they don't include any imports to > give context to external identifiers. Web2py loads, compiles, and executes > those modules at runtime passing a global context using Python's exec() > function. That strange (and unjustified) way of doing things disables > important capabilities of modern IDEs (code completion, code hints, help, > static checking, refactoring) because those files are not Python modules. It > also makes it very difficult to write unit tests for the controller layer, > because the global runtime context of web2py cannot be mocked. > > I tried to look for the Google thread in which Massimo addressed these and > other issues, but the search didn't easily retrieve it, and though I knew > that I had participated in it my profile history only showed posts thru the > end of 2010.
