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
• Breadcrumbs: ​http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/bbbbe2c60a8da2cf
• CSS Cleanup
• Internationalisation
• Many to Many widget
• Represent split between HTML & non-HTML modes
• RESTful API
• Synchronisation
• Web Setup

• User settings
  • person/settings
    • Loaded into session at login
    • Update session if table updated
    • Read from session whenever needed

• Have a 'Search Resource' button in .comment next to 'Add Resource'
  • brings up a popup which provides options for advaned search (e.g. Person in Org X & Office Y, working on Project Z)
  • integrate into a single 'Search/Add Resource' button?

• Widgets for module functionality which can be added to frontpage of site/module
  • Dashboard or key 'Add XXX Resource' forms
  • Same ones to embed in remote sites? (just include S3_PUBLIC_URL)
    • Widget functionality includes the 'code to embed in your site' option

• Login widget on frontpage of site when logged-out

• Context
  • Staff autocomplete (dropdown) in Projects should be filtered to those for this Organisation by default with a checkbox which can be unticked to 'View all'
  • Persons dropdown in staff should be filtered to those for this Organisation by default with a checkbox which can be unticked to 'View all'
  • Add/Edit Pledges menu item should just show you those relevant to (again a view filtered by default which can be unfiltered? Checkbox state dependent on role?):
    • Your Organisation(s)
    • Your Office(s)
    • Your Project(s)

• Filtered views should also filter the exports in PDF/XLS/JSON/XML (KML/GPX, etc)

MVC Separation

Whilst Web2Py is fundamentally an MVC framework, 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
• ​http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/7da38e0d32d01076

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

• ​http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/f0eb6849c4c3fcfe

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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BluePrints