Jay Loden wrote: > Alan, thanks for your responses, they're quite helpful. I suspect the real > problem I'm having is simply trying to switch modes of thinking to CGI style > or mod_python style instead of the PHP style embedded code.
There are quite a few template engines for Python that allow embedding Python into the template. One of them is part of mod_python: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2004/02/26/python_server_pages.html Some others are Myghty and Spyce and the PSP component of WebWare: http://www.myghty.org/ http://spyce.sourceforge.net/ http://www.webwareforpython.org/Webware/PSP/Docs/index.html You might find that these have a familiar style. Kent > > The whole point of this exercise for me was to decide which language I prefer > for web development and evaluate Python for web work. So far, I've found PHP > much easier to work with and less "clunky" in terms of what I'm trying to do > - but I believe that's very much a function of my thinking being rooted in > the PHP style. > > If Im understanding this right...the Pythonic/CGI method for something like > this is to import a template module of some kind, then call methods from that > template to display the template, with other Python code in the middle that > takes care of form processing? > > The solution I have now feels smoother, since all I do is put content > into .htm files, then pull them into a template that's basically an html > sandwich. This gives me capability to stick a <?php ?> section into the .htm > file itself - for example a form with some dynamic content/variables - and > then from a user perspective, all they see is a normal html page. > >>From a server side, it's seeing one big PHP script that includes both >>template > code and form code, but without me needing to write any templating code into > the form itself - instead I just call the form into the template. With > Python, it seems like this kind of approach is impossible, and it also means > that my form would probably have to have some kind of special extension, like > "form.py" (so the handler knows what to do with it) instead of just being > located at "form.htm" - am I following this all correctly? > > Does anyone know of any soup-to-nuts CGI programming examples online for > Python that might make this clearer so I can bug the list less and just read > some example code? > > -Jay > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
