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| author | Alexandre Bourget <alexandre.bourget@savoirfairelinux.com> | 2011-03-24 12:07:09 -0400 |
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| committer | Alexandre Bourget <alexandre.bourget@savoirfairelinux.com> | 2011-03-24 12:07:09 -0400 |
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diff --git a/docs/tutorials/wiki/definingviews.rst b/docs/tutorials/wiki/definingviews.rst index 53f5ff994..31900233c 100644 --- a/docs/tutorials/wiki/definingviews.rst +++ b/docs/tutorials/wiki/definingviews.rst @@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ Conventionally, :term:`view callable` objects are defined within a automagically special about the filename ``views.py``. Files implementing views often have ``view`` in their filenames (or may live in a Python subpackage of your application package named ``views``), but this is only by -convention. However, a project may have many views throughout its codebase -in arbitrarily-named files. In this application, we'll be continuing to use -the ``views.py`` module, because there's no reason to break convention. +convention. A project may have many views throughout its codebase in +arbitrarily-named files. In this application, however, we'll be continuing +to use the ``views.py`` module, because there's no reason to break +convention. A :term:`view callable` in a :app:`Pyramid` application is typically a simple Python function that accepts a single parameter: :term:`request`. A view @@ -17,19 +18,22 @@ callable is assumed to return a :term:`response` object. However, a :app:`Pyramid` view can also be defined as callable which accepts *two* arguments: a :term:`context` and a :term:`request`. In :term:`url -dispatch` based applications, the context object is rarely used in the view +dispatch` based applications, the context resource is rarely used in the view body itself, so within code that uses URL-dispatch-only, it's common to -define views as callables that accept only a request to avoid the visual -"noise". This application, however, uses :term:`traversal` to map URLs to -resources, so we're often interested in the context; it's not "noise" to use. +define views as callables that accept only a ``request`` to avoid the visual +"noise" of a ``context`` argument. This application, however, uses +:term:`traversal` to map URLs to a context :term:`resource`, and since our +:term:`resource tree` also represents our application's "domain model", we're +often interested in the context, because it represents the persistent storage +of our application. For this reason, having ``context`` in the callable +argument list is not "noise" to us; instead it's actually rather important +within the view code we'll define in this application. The single-arg (``request`` -only) or two-arg (``context`` and ``request``) calling conventions will work in any :app:`Pyramid` application for any view; -they can be used interchangeably as necessary. In :term:`traversal` based -applications, such as the application we're building in this tutorial, the -context is used frequently within the body of a view method, so we'll be -using the two-argument ``(context, request)`` syntax in this application for -views that we add. +they can be used interchangeably as necessary. We'll be using the +two-argument ``(context, request)`` view callable argument list syntax in +this application. We're going to define several :term:`view callable` functions then wire them into :app:`Pyramid` using some :term:`view configuration`. @@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ Adding View Functions ===================== We're going to add four :term:`view callable` functions to our ``views.py`` -module. One view (named ``view_wiki``) will display the wiki itself (it will +module. One view named ``view_wiki`` will display the wiki itself (it will answer on the root URL), another named ``view_page`` will display an individual page, another named ``add_page`` will allow a page to be added, and a final view named ``edit_page`` will allow a page to be edited. @@ -51,36 +55,35 @@ The ``view_wiki`` view function ------------------------------- The ``view_wiki`` function will be configured to respond as the default view -callable for a ``Wiki`` resource object. We'll provide it with a -``@view_config`` decorator which names the class ``tutorial.models.Wiki`` as -its context. This means that when a Wiki object is the context, and no -:term:`view name` exists in the request, this view will be used. The view -configuration associated with ``view_wiki`` does not use a ``renderer`` -because the view callable always returns a :term:`response` object rather -than a dictionary. No renderer is necessary when a view returns a response -object. - -The view callable always redirects to the ``Page`` object named "FrontPage". -It returns an instance of the :class:`pyramid.httpexceptions.HTTPFound` class -(instances of which implement the WebOb :term:`response` interface), and the -:func:`pyramid.url.resource_url` API. :func:`pyramid.url.resource_url` -constructs a URL to the ``FrontPage`` page resource -(e.g. ``http://localhost:6543/FrontPage``), and uses it as the "location" of -the HTTPFound response, forming an HTTP redirect. +callable for a Wiki resource. We'll provide it with a ``@view_config`` +decorator which names the class ``tutorial.models.Wiki`` as its context. +This means that when a Wiki resource is the context, and no :term:`view name` +exists in the request, this view will be used. The view configuration +associated with ``view_wiki`` does not use a ``renderer`` because the view +callable always returns a :term:`response` object rather than a dictionary. +No renderer is necessary when a view returns a response object. + +The ``view_wiki`` view callable always redirects to the URL of a Page +resource named "FrontPage". To do so, it returns an instance of the +:class:`pyramid.httpexceptions.HTTPFound` class (instances of which implement +the WebOb :term:`response` interface). The :func:`pyramid.url.resource_url` +API. :func:`pyramid.url.resource_url` constructs a URL to the ``FrontPage`` +page resource (e.g. ``http://localhost:6543/FrontPage``), and uses it as the +"location" of the HTTPFound response, forming an HTTP redirect. The ``view_page`` view function ------------------------------- The ``view_page`` function will be configured to respond as the default view -of a ``Page`` resource. We'll provide it with a ``@view_config`` decorator -which names the class ``tutorial.models.Wiki`` as its context. This means -that when a Page object is the context, and no :term:`view name` exists in -the request, this view will be used. We inform :app:`Pyramid` this view will -use the ``templates/view.pt`` template file as a ``renderer``. +of a Page resource. We'll provide it with a ``@view_config`` decorator which +names the class ``tutorial.models.Page`` as its context. This means that +when a Page resource is the context, and no :term:`view name` exists in the +request, this view will be used. We inform :app:`Pyramid` this view will use +the ``templates/view.pt`` template file as a ``renderer``. The ``view_page`` function generates the :term:`ReStructuredText` body of a page (stored as the ``data`` attribute of the context passed to the view; the -context will be a Page object) as HTML. Then it substitutes an HTML anchor +context will be a Page resource) as HTML. Then it substitutes an HTML anchor for each *WikiWord* reference in the rendered HTML using a compiled regular expression. @@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ substitution value and returns it. As a result, the ``content`` variable is now a fully formed bit of HTML containing various view and add links for WikiWords based on the content of -our current page object. +our current page resource. We then generate an edit URL (because it's easier to do here than in the template), and we wrap up a number of arguments in a dictionary and return @@ -117,13 +120,13 @@ callable. In the ``view_wiki`` view callable, we unconditionally return a The ``add_page`` view function ------------------------------ -The ``add_page`` function will be configured to respond when the context is a -Wiki and the :term:`view_name` is ``add_page``. We'll provide it with a -``@view_config`` decorator which names the string ``add_page`` as its -:term:`view name` (via name=), the class ``tutorial.models.Wiki`` as its +The ``add_page`` function will be configured to respond when the context +resource is a Wiki and the :term:`view name` is ``add_page``. We'll provide +it with a ``@view_config`` decorator which names the string ``add_page`` as +its :term:`view name` (via name=), the class ``tutorial.models.Wiki`` as its context, and the renderer named ``templates/edit.pt``. This means that when -a Wiki object is the context, and a :term:`view name` exists as the result of -traverasal named ``add_page``, this view will be used. We inform +a Wiki resource is the context, and a :term:`view name` named ``add_page`` +exists as the result of traversal, this view will be used. We inform :app:`Pyramid` this view will use the ``templates/edit.pt`` template file as a ``renderer``. We share the same template between add and edit views, thus ``edit.pt`` instead of ``add.pt``. @@ -131,9 +134,9 @@ a ``renderer``. We share the same template between add and edit views, thus The ``add_page`` function will be invoked when a user clicks on a WikiWord which isn't yet represented as a page in the system. The ``check`` function within the ``view_page`` view generates URLs to this view. It also acts as a -handler for the form that is generated when we want to add a page object. -The ``context`` of the ``add_page`` view is always a Wiki object (*not* a -Page object). +handler for the form that is generated when we want to add a page resource. +The ``context`` of the ``add_page`` view is always a Wiki resource (*not* a +Page resource). The request :term:`subpath` in :app:`Pyramid` is the sequence of names that are found *after* the :term:`view name` in the URL segments given in the @@ -150,14 +153,14 @@ expression ``'form.submitted' in request.params`` is ``False``), the view renders a template. To do so, it generates a "save url" which the template use as the form post URL during rendering. We're lazy here, so we're trying to use the same template (``templates/edit.pt``) for the add view as well as -the page edit view. To do so, we create a dummy Page object in order to -satisfy the edit form's desire to have *some* page object exposed as +the page edit view. To do so, we create a dummy Page resource object in +order to satisfy the edit form's desire to have *some* page object exposed as ``page``, and we'll render the template to a response. If the view rendering *is* a result of a form submission (if the expression ``'form.submitted' in request.params`` is ``True``), we scrape the page body from the form data, create a Page object using the name in the subpath and -the page body, and save it into "our context" (the wiki) using the +the page body, and save it into "our context" (the Wiki) using the ``__setitem__`` method of the context. We then redirect back to the ``view_page`` view (the default view for a page) for the newly created page. @@ -165,23 +168,23 @@ The ``edit_page`` view function ------------------------------- The ``edit_page`` function will be configured to respond when the context is -a Page and the :term:`view_name` is ``edit_page``. We'll provide it with a -``@view_config`` decorator which names the string ``edit_page`` as its -:term:`view name` (via name=), the class ``tutorial.models.Page`` as its +a Page resource and the :term:`view name` is ``edit_page``. We'll provide it +with a ``@view_config`` decorator which names the string ``edit_page`` as its +:term:`view name` (via ``name=``), the class ``tutorial.models.Page`` as its context, and the renderer named ``templates/edit.pt``. This means that when -a Page object is the context, and a :term:`view name` exists as the result of -traverasal named ``edit_page``, this view will be used. We inform +a Page resource is the context, and a :term:`view name` exists as the result +of traverasal named ``edit_page``, this view will be used. We inform :app:`Pyramid` this view will use the ``templates/edit.pt`` template file as a ``renderer``. The ``edit_page`` function will be invoked when a user clicks the "Edit this Page" button on the view form. It renders an edit form but it also acts as -the handler for the form it renders. The ``context`` of the ``edit_page`` -view will *always* be a Page object (never a Wiki object). +the form post view callable for the form it renders. The ``context`` of the +``edit_page`` view will *always* be a Page resource (never a Wiki resource). If the view execution is *not* a result of a form submission (if the expression ``'form.submitted' in request.params`` is ``False``), the view -simply renders the edit form, passing the request, the page object, and a +simply renders the edit form, passing the request, the page resource, and a save_url which will be used as the action of the generated form. If the view execution *is* a result of a form submission (if the expression @@ -207,8 +210,8 @@ Most view callables we've added expected to be rendered via a :term:`template`. The default templating systems in :app:`Pyramid` are :term:`Chameleon` and :term:`Mako`. Chameleon is a variant of :term:`ZPT`, which is an XML-based templating language. Mako is a non-XML-based -templating language. Because we have to pick one, we'll use Chameleon for -this tutorial. +templating language. Because we had to pick one, we chose Chameleon for this +tutorial. The templates we create will live in the ``templates`` directory of our tutorial package. Chameleon templates must have a ``.pt`` extension to be @@ -217,8 +220,8 @@ recognized as such. The ``view.pt`` Template ------------------------ -The ``view.pt`` template is used for viewing a single wiki page. It is used -by the ``view_page`` view function. It should have a div that is "structure +The ``view.pt`` template is used for viewing a single Page. It is used by +the ``view_page`` view function. It should have a div that is "structure replaced" with the ``content`` value provided by the view. It should also have a link on the rendered page that points at the "edit" URL (the URL which invokes the ``edit_page`` view for the page being viewed). @@ -227,7 +230,6 @@ Once we're done with the ``view.pt`` template, it will look a lot like the below: .. literalinclude:: src/views/tutorial/templates/view.pt - :linenos: :language: xml .. note:: The names available for our use in a template are always those that @@ -243,34 +245,35 @@ the below: The ``edit.pt`` Template ------------------------ -The ``edit.pt`` template is used for adding and editing a wiki page. It is -used by the ``add_page`` and ``edit_page`` view functions. It should display -a page containing a form that POSTs back to the "save_url" argument supplied -by the view. The form should have a "body" textarea field (the page data), -and a submit button that has the name "form.submitted". The textarea in the -form should be filled with any existing page data when it is rendered. +The ``edit.pt`` template is used for adding and editing a Page. It is used +by the ``add_page`` and ``edit_page`` view functions. It should display a +page containing a form that POSTs back to the "save_url" argument supplied by +the view. The form should have a "body" textarea field (the page data), and +a submit button that has the name "form.submitted". The textarea in the form +should be filled with any existing page data when it is rendered. Once we're done with the ``edit.pt`` template, it will look a lot like the below: .. literalinclude:: src/views/tutorial/templates/edit.pt - :linenos: :language: xml -Static Resources ----------------- +Static Assets +------------- -Our templates name a single static resource named ``style.css``. We need to -create this and place it in a file named ``style.css`` within our package's -``static`` directory. This file is a little too long to replicate within the -body of this guide, however it is available `online -<http://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/blob/master/docs/tutorials/wiki/src/views/tutorial/static/style.css>`_. +Our templates name a single static asset named ``pylons.css``. We don't need +to create this file within our package's ``static`` directory because it was +provided at the time we created the project. This file is a little too long to +replicate within the body of this guide, however it is available `online +<http://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/blob/master/docs/tutorials/wiki/src/views/tutorial/static/pylons.css>`_. This CSS file will be accessed via -e.g. ``http://localhost:6543/static/style.css`` by virtue of the call to +e.g. ``http://localhost:6543/static/pylons.css`` by virtue of the call to ``add_static_view`` directive we've made in the ``__init__`` file. Any -number and type of static resources can be placed in this directory (or -subdirectories) and are just referred to by URL within templates. +number and type of static assets can be placed in this directory (or +subdirectories) and are just referred to by URL or by using the convenience +method ``static_url`` e.g. ``request.static_url('{{package}}:static/foo.css')`` +within templates. Testing the Views ================= @@ -305,7 +308,7 @@ On Windows: .. code-block:: text - c:\bigfntut\tutorial> ..\Scripts\python setup.py test -q + c:\pyramidtut\tutorial> ..\Scripts\python setup.py test -q The expected result looks something like: @@ -323,20 +326,20 @@ Viewing the Application in a Browser Once we've completed our edits, we can finally examine our application in a browser. The views we'll try are as follows: -- Visiting ``http://localhost:6543/`` in a browser invokes the - ``view_wiki`` view. This always redirects to the ``view_page`` view - of the FrontPage page object. +- Visiting ``http://localhost:6543/`` in a browser invokes the ``view_wiki`` + view. This always redirects to the ``view_page`` view of the ``FrontPage`` + Page resource. - Visiting ``http://localhost:6543/FrontPage/`` in a browser invokes - the ``view_page`` view of the front page page object. This is + the ``view_page`` view of the front page resource. This is because it's the *default view* (a view without a ``name``) for Page - objects. + resources. - Visiting ``http://localhost:6543/FrontPage/edit_page`` in a browser - invokes the edit view for the front page object. + invokes the edit view for the ``FrontPage`` Page resource. - Visiting ``http://localhost:6543/add_page/SomePageName`` in a - browser invokes the add view for a page. + browser invokes the add view for a Page. - To generate an error, visit ``http://localhost:6543/add_page`` which will generate an ``IndexError`` for the expression |
