Master TurboGears: The Easy Python Framework for Rapid Web Development

TurboGears harnesses the power of Python to provide a dynamic and easy-to-use Web development framework: one that dramatically increases developer productivity, and makes it far easier to create dynamic, user-friendly, Ajax-enabled Web applications. Now, for the first time, there's a definitive guide to TurboGearscoauthored by its creator, Kevin Dangoor.

This book will help experienced Web developers get productive with TurboGearsfast. You'll quickly build your first TurboGears Web applicationthen extend it one step at a time, mastering the underlying libraries that make these enhancements possible. Next, the authors demonstrate TurboGears at work in a real-world application, by examining the code for "WhatWhat Status," an open source project status tracking application. Finally, you'll gain deep insight into the model, view, and controller technologies TurboGears is built upon: knowledge that will help you build far more robust and capable Python applications.

Coverage includes

• Understanding the architecture of a TurboGears application

• Mastering SQLObject, customizing it, and using it with TurboGears models

• Utilizing TurboGears view technologies, including dynamic templates and MochiKit for Ajax

• Bringing CSS, XHTML, and JavaScript together in reusable components with TurboGears Widgets

• Using CherryPy and TurboGears controller technologies: from decorators to deployment

• Exploring the TurboGears toolbox

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