Author Archives: Jay Shaffstall
Learning Curve
Like any framework, Web2py has a learning curve. I’m not talking about the time it takes to master the framework, but the time it takes to start making progress on what you really want to do, which is develop the … Continue reading
Where To Start?
When you first start Web2py, you’re presented with a basic site that gives you access to administrative functions of the framework. There’s an excellent wizard that will generate a lot of the boilerplate of an application for you, especially an … Continue reading
General Approach
Okay, with Web2py and GAE, there are a couple main ways to do development. One is to develop using strictly Web2py, and test your application on GAE. The other is to download the GAE local server, and develop on GAE … Continue reading
Why Web2py?
I’m interested in running a site on Google App Engine (GAE), so I set out to find a framework that would work well there without much tweaking. I took a brief look at Django, but found that the most current … Continue reading
Web2py Experiments
Okay, right off the bat I’d like to get the religious arguments out of the way. Yes, I understand the objections that many people have to Web2py on the basis of what I’ll call “Python purity”. Those objections are valid … Continue reading
Christmas Day
I woke up this morning to find that the fat man had been inside the house! I checked all the doors and windows and they were still secure, then I saw sooty footprints. Why didn’t anyone warn me about the … Continue reading
Christmas Eve
I’m cautiously optimistic about surviving this caper. I’ve given up getting the ransom, but there’s no sign that the fat man has located us. The rookie seems content either way, so I don’t think she’ll give us away. The deadline’s … Continue reading
Rookie In Charge
I may have underestimated the rookie. I’d taken her shopping to pick up some supplies for our contingency escape (if the caper goes south, so are we), and she picked up a movie she wanted, saying she’d wrap it and … Continue reading
Clear Skies
We were all out late last night, checking up on some intel the rookie had. Apparently the fat man’s been experimenting with anti-gravity, and has outfitted some moose with flying collars. What sort of crazy mad scientist have we picked … Continue reading
The Rookie
7 days until our deadline, and I think the rookie’s lost it. This is the time when we should be laying low and planning our getaway, and she’s talking about making cookies to leave for the fat man when he … Continue reading