BluePrint for the S3 Framework ¶

This area is to develop & enhance the S3 Framework wich is built on top of T2/Web2Py.

Current framework features are documented here: DeveloperGuidelinesS3Framework

• Authentication, Authorization & Accounting
• CSS Cleanup
• Many to Many widget
• RESTful API
• Synchronisation
• Web Setup

Sub-menus ¶

Currently the left-hand navbar has only 2 levels of hierarchy: Modules & Module Options
Some modules (e.g. DVI) need more.
This is also discussed in the BluePrintCSS

• use special field.function values: 'submenu' & 'submenu/end' to mark blocks
• amend views/layout.html to make use of them
• Provide a jQuery function to open/close menus

MVC Separation ¶

Whilst Web2Py is fundamentally an MVC framework, it makes it encourages pushing back as much as possible into the Controller, Model or even Module to gain the benefits of re-use of code & massively simplified prototyping.

• ​http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/1bbf97d3a70d7c0b

If we think this could become problematic then we could choose to avoid this.

There is already support in the framework for this:

• Manual Forms
• Form Field fragments: e.g. views/form_name.html

Q: Is it worth developing a version of the RESTlike controller which uses Manual Forms instead of Tools/T2?

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