web2py Application Development Cookbook

414 Pages·2012·2.93 MB·English

by  Pablo Martin Mulone

web2py Application Development
Cookbook
web2py Application Development
Cookbook
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Credits
Authors and Reviewers
Mariano Reingart
Bruno Cezar Rocha
Jonathan Lundell
Pablo Martín Mulone
Michele Comitini
Richard Gordon
Massimo Di Pierro
Reviewer
Alan Etkin
Acquisition Editor
Usha Iyer
Lead Technical Editor
Hyacintha D'souza
Technical Editor
Lubna Shaikh
Project Coordinator
Michelle Quadros
Proofreader
Aaron Nash
Indexer
Monica Ajmera
Graphics
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Production Coordinator
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Cover Work
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About the Authors and Reviewers
Mariano Reingart lives in Buenos Aires (Argentina), and is a
specialist in database administration, and development of software
applications and libraries (web services, PDF, replication, and so on),
with more than 10 years of experience. Currently, he is the
PostgreSQL regional contact for Argentina and a web2py contributor,
with more than 14 open source projects, including interface for Free
Electronic Invoice web services (PyAfipWs) and Pythonic Replication
for PostgreSQL (PyReplica).
Mariano has a bachelor's degree in Computer Systems Analysis
from the University of Morón, and currently works on his own funded
startup formed by an open group of independent professionals,
which is dedicated to software development, training, and technical
support, focusing on open source tools (GNU/Linux, Python,
PostgreSQL and web2py).
Mariano has worked for local Python companies in large business
applications (ERP, SCM, and CRM) and mission critical systems
(election counting, electronic voting, and 911 emergency events
support). He has contributed to the book web2py Enterprise Web
Framework 3rd Edition, and for several Spanish translation efforts of
the PostgreSQL official documentation. You can find his resume at:
http://reingart.blogspot.com/p/resume.html.
Bruno Cezar Rocha is a web developer and entrepreneur. He is the
co-founder and lead developer at http://www.blouweb.com, a micro-
company dedicated to web2py/Python web development and
training. He is the lead teacher in Curso de Python
(http://www.CursoDePython.com.br), an initiative to offer online
courses of Python and web2py to Brazilian companies and
educational institutes.
He is the Vice President of the Python Brazilian Association, which is
the organizer of PyCon Brazil, and other Python-related events in his
country.
He is an entrepeneur focused on SaaS products powered by web2py
at http://www.ansy.me/en, which is a pioneer in web-based systems
for veterinarians and pet shops, and creator of http://www.movu.ca, a
social network engine and CMS powered by web2py.
You can find his resume at: http://www.rochacbruno.com.br
Jonathan Lundell leveraged a background in the philosophy of
Ludwig Wittgenstein, into an exciting career in computer systems
design. These days, he uses web2py to provide cloud services to his
iOS apps, written for Lobitos Creek. He's getting used to Objective-
C, but can't help wishing that Steve Jobs had been a Python fan.
Pablo Martín Mulone is a full-time web developer and software
designer. He co-runs his own company located in Argentina, which is
dedicated to bring IT solution to libraries, archives, and government
in matter of documentary preservation. He has an extensive
experience in FLOSS projects and associated tools. He is the
creator of instant2press and CMS/ blog that is developed in web2py
framework. His company created the patrimoniosf. gov.ar heritage
database, which was built for the state government of Santa Fe.
Michele Comitini is a programmer, a consultant, and an
entrepreneur, with 20 years of experience in the field of open source
software development. Michele has worked with many of the top
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) companies in
Italy. His skills include the ability to program in many languages and
some of the most popular web frameworks. Michele was a Linux
early adopter, and he has developed a deep knowledge of the
Linux/Unix operating systems as well as its use in embedded
systems.
Michele is the owner and CEO of GliscoS.R.L., a consulting and
development firm that is specialized in mission critical or highly
customized software. His customers are mostly companies in the
ICT and in the financial sectors.
Richard Gordon has 30 years of experience in agile web
development and industrial design-automation software. He has a
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University
and a Science Baccalaureate with honors from Brown University. His
career spans microprocessor design at AT&T Bell laboratories,
electronic-design-automation, software development at Mentor
Graphics and Tera Systems, which he founded. He is the founder
and lead YAK at YAKiToMe! Co., the Internet's first text-to-speech
SaaS portal.
Massimo Di Pierro is an associate professor at the School of
Computing of DePaul University in Chicago, where he directs the
Master's program in Computational Finance. He also teaches
courses on various topics, including web frameworks, network
programming, computer security, scientific computing, and parallel
programming.
Massimo has a PhD in High Energy Theoretical Physics from the
University of Southampton (UK), and he has previously worked as
an associate researcher for Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Massimo is the author of a book on web2py, and more than 50
publications in the fields of Physics and Computational Finance, and
he has contributed to many open source projects. He started the
web2py project in 2007, and is currently the lead developer.
We wish to thank all the web2py contributors and web2py
users, but, in particular, we want to thank those users who have
contributed examples on http://www.web2pyslices.com/, as
some of them have been used as a basis for the recipes in this
book. They are:
Nathan Freeze, Hans Christian von Stockhausen,
BenignoCalvo, Chih-Hsiang Hsu, Renato Caliari, Rob Powell,
David Harrison, Richard Penman, Teru Homma, Brian M., Jon
Vlachoyiannis, KubaKucharski, Anton Georg Mückl, Falko
Krause, Mike Ellis, Karl Bochert, Alexandre Andrade, Mark
Carrier, Timothy Farrell, Martin Sagastume, Carlos Costa, Fred
Gansevles, John Heenan, Ionel Anton, Alex Pearson, Dmitry
Sherbina, Evan Gray, Nico de Groot, Igor Gassko, John Tynan,
Karol Grobski, Dieter Asman, Mark Pettit, Marco Laspe, Yarin
Kessler, PietroBertera, Jeffrey Berube, huimies, Janis Vizulis,
Jose Jachuf, Chris Steel, Patrick Breitenbach, Patrick
Breitenbach, Ariel Gonzalez, ArunRajeevan, Victhor, Zimba,
BogdanHlevca, Nico de Groot, Pierre Thibault, Ai Lau, Gilson
Filho, Matt Gorecki, UolterUolter, and Jim Karsten.
Also, particular thanks go to Anthony Bastardi and Patrick
Breintenbach for their continuous help and support to the
web2py community, Alan Etkin and Timothy Dietrich for their
help in proofreading the book, Muqeet Khan for help with the IIS
recipes, and Thadeus Burgess for his help with the recipes on
database queues and template blocks.
About the Reviewer
Alan Etkin has been gradually migrating from I.T. support to the
application development field, and his preferred programming
language is Python. He is a devoted user of web2py, and
participates as a developer in various web2py-powered projects. He
also has contributed with fixes and features to the framework. If you
want to reach Alan, type spametki in your search engine.