On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 02:38:48PM +0100, Paul Everitt wrote: > One little Python script, maintained as part of the standard > distribution, referred to ubiquitously as the right way to start, would > have more impact on Zope adoption than nearly any other software > activity (save, perhaps, for zope.bobo). All IMO, of course.
We do already have bin/pyskel, which is useful as far as it goes, but that's of course not very far. I'd really like to see some more scaffolding. Unfortunately there are so many use cases, we could easily get bogged down on the details. For example, I can imagine: * Create a skeletal package structure. input: name of package, e.g. foo creates (if they don't exist): lib/python/foo lib/python/foo/__init__.py lib/python/foo/browser lib/python/foo/browser/__init__.py lib/python/foo/tests/ lib/python/foo/tests/__init__.py lib/python/foo/tests/test_foo.py lib/python/foo/ftests/ lib/python/foo/ftests/__init__.py lib/python/foo/ftests/test_foo.py etc/package-includes/foo-configure.zcml ? lib/python/foo/configure.zcml ? lib/python/foo/browser/configure.zcml ? * Given interface(s), generate a skeletal class and supporting files. input: lib/python/foo/interfaces.py creates (but warns and exits if files exist): lib/python/foo/foo.py create an interface test in lib/python/foo/tests/test_foo.py add some wiring to lib/python/foo/configure.zcml options: create a view class in lib/python/foo/browser/views.py? create a template for that view class? create an edit form using a template? or zope.formlib? or what? create an add form using zope.formlib? or a template? or...?? Lots of options here! Probably the best initial approach would be to make it modest but trivially extensible so you could write scripts that leverage it but do what *you* want for *your* project. Several obvious candidates for implementing stuff like this: Skeletor https://svn.plone.org/svn/collective/skeletor/trunk/ Paste Script and Paste Templates http://pythonpaste.org/script/developer.html#templates -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com _______________________________________________ Zope3-dev mailing list Zope3-dev@zope.org Unsub: http://mail.zope.org/mailman/options/zope3-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com