Rapid Web Applications with Turbogears: Using Python to Create Ajax-Powered Sites

by Mark Ramm, Kevin Dangoor, Gigi Sayfan

TurboGears gives Python a powerful 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 TurboGears--"coauthored by its creator, ""Kevin Dangoor." This book will help experienced Web developers get productive with TurboGears "fast." You'll quickly build your first TurboGears Web application--then extend it one step at a time, mastering the multiple TurboGears frameworks that make these enhancements possible. Next, the authors demonstrate TurboGears at work in one of today's most advanced open source, real-world TurboGears programs: the Fast Track project status tracker. Finally, you'll gain deep insight into the Python model, viewer, 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 TurboGears Widgets: Bringing CSS, XHTML, and JavaScript together in reusable components CherryPy and TurboGears controller technologies: from decorators to deployment Exploring the TurboGears toolbox Ensuring security and identity in TurboGears applications

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First published October 20, 2006