Webware for Python

Does anyone have any recommendations on how to structure my files and
directories within a WebKit application?

Where should I put supporting Python files that are used by and related
to the servlets in my application, but do not actually contain servlets
themselves?  Right now I'm just sticking them in the same directory as
the servlets.

What about a bunch of servlets that are related somehow.  I'd like to
create a subdirectory for them, but then they can't import the
supporting modules from the parent directory.

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- Geoff Talvola
  Parlance Corporation
  gtalvola@...

Re: [Webware-discuss] directory structure From: Chuck Esterbrook <echuck@mi...> - 2000-09-20 20:49 I've had to deal with the same issues. I can't say my solutions are ideal or the final word, but here's what I did: * I put non-servlet Python classes in a subdir called Middle/. * I put Python dictionary files and comma separated value (CSV) files that control the site in Configs/. I added to my SitePage a method called config(self, filename). You give it something like config('NavLinks') and it finds the file in Configs and loads it as a Python dict or a CSV (via MiscUtils DataTable class). It caches the file. I haven't gotten around to checking the timestamp yet, but that would be a pretty easy enhancement. * I put HTML fragments in a Frags/ directory and made a supporting SitePage.frag() method that also caches them. * I taught my users how to modify the stylesheet, dictionaries, CVSs and frag files so they could make many site changes without knowing Python. * I did in fact use subdirectories for my servlets. * To fix all the path situations, I created an __init__.py to beef up sys.path: # begin __init__.py def addPath(path): path = os.path.normpath(path) if path not in sys.path: sys.path.append(path) path = __path__[0] addPath(path) addPath(os.path.join(path, 'Middle')) addPath('..') # end __init__.py Disclaimer: I made up that addPath('..'). I didn't need it for my site (yet) and haven't tested it. Questions, comments and thoughts are welcome. -Chuck At 03:26 PM 9/20/00 -0400, Geoff Talvola wrote: >Does anyone have any recommendations on how to structure my files and >directories within a WebKit application? > >Where should I put supporting Python files that are used by and related >to the servlets in my application, but do not actually contain servlets >themselves? Right now I'm just sticking them in the same directory as >the servlets. > >What about a bunch of servlets that are related somehow. I'd like to >create a subdirectory for them, but then they can't import the >supporting modules from the parent directory. > >-- > > >- Geoff Talvola > Parlance Corporation > gtalvola@... > >_______________________________________________ >Webware-discuss mailing list >Webware-discuss@... >http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/webware-discuss

Re: [Webware-discuss] directory structure From: Geoff Talvola <gtalvola@na...> - 2000-09-21 14:03 OK, I'll probably follow your suggestions to some extent. The addPath trick worked for me, except that I had to use os.path.abspath instead of os.path.normpath. Also, I figured I'd add in case-insensitivity since I'm on Windows. So my addPath looks like: def addPath(path): path = os.path.abspath(path) if string.lower(path) not in map(string.lower, sys.path): sys.path.append(path) This works fine, but it seems like a hack. A cleaner approach would be to specify the necessary directories through the config files, rather than having to use an __init__.py. Perhaps for 0.5? -- - Geoff Talvola Parlance Corporation gtalvola@...

Re: [Webware-discuss] directory structure From: Chuck Esterbrook <echuck@mi...> - 2000-09-21 14:06 At 10:05 AM 9/21/00 -0400, Geoff Talvola wrote: >OK, I'll probably follow your suggestions to some extent. The addPath >trick worked >for me, except that I had to use os.path.abspath instead of os.path.normpath. >Also, I figured I'd add in case-insensitivity since I'm on Windows. So my >addPath >looks like: > >def addPath(path): > path = os.path.abspath(path) > if string.lower(path) not in map(string.lower, sys.path): > sys.path.append(path) > >This works fine, but it seems like a hack. A cleaner approach would be to >specify >the necessary directories through the config files, rather than having to >use an >__init__.py. Perhaps for 0.5? Roger on the 0.5. Also, Dan Green's work on directory inheritance could play a role here. -Chuck

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