.. _index:

=========================
The Pyramid Web Framework
=========================

:app:`Pyramid` is a small, fast, down-to-earth Python web framework.  It
is developed as part of the `Pylons Project
<http://docs.pylonsproject.org/>`_.  It is licensed under a `BSD-like license
<http://repoze.org/license.html>`_.

Here is one of the simplest :app:`Pyramid` applications you can make:

.. literalinclude:: narr/helloworld.py

After you install :app:`Pyramid` and run this application, when you visit
`<http://localhost:8080/hello/world>`_ in a browser, you will see the text
``Hello, world!``

See :ref:`firstapp_chapter` for a full explanation of how this application
works. Read the :ref:`html_narrative_documentation` to understand how
:app:`Pyramid` is designed to scale from simple applications like this to
very large web applications.  To just dive in headfirst, read the 
:doc:`quick_tour`.

Front Matter
============

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   copyright.rst
   conventions.rst

.. _html_getting_started:

Getting Started
===============

If you are new to Pyramid, we have a few resources that can help you get
up to speed right away.

.. toctree::
   :hidden:

   quick_tour
   quick_tutorial/index

* :doc:`quick_tour` goes through the major features in Pyramid, covering
  a little about a lot.

* :doc:`quick_tutorial/index` does the same, but in a tutorial format:
  deeper treatment of each topic and with working code.

* To see a minimal Pyramid web application, check out
  :ref:`firstapp_chapter`.

* For help getting Pyramid set up, try
  :ref:`installing_chapter`.

* Like learning by example? Visit the official
  :doc:`wiki tutorial <../tutorials/wiki2/index>` as well as the
  community-contributed
  :ref:`Pyramid tutorials <tutorials:pyramid-tutorials>`, which include
  a :ref:`single file tasks tutorial <tutorials:single-file-tutorial>`.

* Need help?  See :ref:`Support and
  Development <support-and-development>`.


.. _html_narrative_documentation:

Narrative Documentation
=======================

Narrative documentation in chapter form explaining how to use
:app:`Pyramid`.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   narr/introduction
   narr/install
   narr/firstapp
   narr/configuration
   narr/project
   narr/startup
   narr/router
   narr/urldispatch
   narr/views
   narr/renderers
   narr/templates
   narr/viewconfig
   narr/assets
   narr/webob
   narr/sessions
   narr/events
   narr/environment
   narr/logging
   narr/paste
   narr/commandline
   narr/i18n
   narr/vhosting
   narr/testing
   narr/resources
   narr/hellotraversal
   narr/muchadoabouttraversal
   narr/traversal
   narr/security
   narr/hybrid
   narr/subrequest
   narr/hooks
   narr/introspector
   narr/extending
   narr/advconfig
   narr/extconfig
   narr/scaffolding
   narr/upgrading
   narr/threadlocals
   narr/zca

.. _html_tutorials:

Tutorials
=========

Tutorials explaining how to use :app:`Pyramid` to build various types of
applications, and how to deploy :app:`Pyramid` applications to various
platforms.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   tutorials/wiki2/index.rst
   tutorials/wiki/index.rst
   tutorials/modwsgi/index.rst

API Documentation
=================

Comprehensive reference material for every public API exposed by :app:`Pyramid`:

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1
   :glob:

   api/index
   api/*

Change History
==============

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   whatsnew-1.5
   whatsnew-1.4
   whatsnew-1.3
   whatsnew-1.2
   whatsnew-1.1
   whatsnew-1.0
   changes

Design Documents
================

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   designdefense

.. _support-and-development:

Support and Development
=======================

The `Pylons Project web site <http://pylonsproject.org/>`_ is the main online
source of :app:`Pyramid` support and development information.

To report bugs, use the `issue tracker
<https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/issues>`_.

If you've got questions that aren't answered by this documentation,
contact the `Pylons-discuss maillist
<http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss>`_ or join the `#pyramid
IRC channel <irc://irc.freenode.net/#pyramid>`_.

Browse and check out tagged and trunk versions of :app:`Pyramid` via
the `Pyramid GitHub repository <https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/>`_.
To check out the trunk via ``git``, use this command:

.. code-block:: text

  git clone git@github.com:Pylons/pyramid.git

To find out how to become a contributor to :app:`Pyramid`, please see the
`contributor's section of the documentation
<http://docs.pylonsproject.org/en/latest/#contributing>`_.

Index and Glossary
==================

* :ref:`glossary`
* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`search`


.. toctree::
   :hidden:

   glossary