The Definitive Guide to Pylons

Description

Spurred by the enormous popularity of Ruby on Rails, web frameworks have revolutionized the way developers of all programming languages tackle the often complex task of web application development. Some of the most exciting activity in this area can be seen in the Python community, one of the wildly popular frameworks to enter the fray being Pylons (http://www.PylonsHQ.com). Co-founder and lead developer James Gardner brings you a comprehensive introduction to Pylons, the web framework that uses the best of Ruby, Python, and Perl and the emerging WSGI standard to provide structure and flexibility. With expert guidance from the author, you'll learn how to create your own Pylons–driven web site using SQLAlchemy and FormEncode and attain the mastery of advanced Pylons features, such as internationalization and localization, packaging and deployment. Front Matter....Pages i-xxv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introducing Pylons....Pages 3-11 Installing Pylons....Pages 13-28 Exploring Pylons....Pages 29-53 Tracking Down and Handling Problems....Pages 55-61 Using View Templates....Pages 63-90 Working with Forms and Validators....Pages 91-126 Introducing the Model and SQLAlchemy....Pages 127-163 Starting the SimpleSite Tutorial....Pages 165-192 Front Matter....Pages 193-193 URLs, Routing, and Dispatch....Pages 195-216 Unicode....Pages 217-226 Internationalization and Localization....Pages 227-243 Testing....Pages 245-262 Documentation....Pages 263-278 SimpleSite Tutorial Part 2....Pages 279-323 CSS, JavaScript, and Ajax....Pages 325-366 Front Matter....Pages 367-367 The Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI)....Pages 369-388 Pylons’ Internal Architecture....Pages 389-413 Authentication and Authorization....Pages 415-432 SimpleSite Tutorial Part 3....Pages 433-469 Logging....Pages 471-486 Front Matter....Pages 367-367 Deployment....Pages 487-502 Back Matter....Pages 503-536