Outline

Introduction

• Purpose of Quixote
• History
• Design goals

Applications

• MEMS Exchange
• Linux Weekly News
• Solidus (demo, maybe?)
• XXX others?

Publishing algorithm

• Object traversal + simple example
• Package organization
• _q_index: Default method name
• Hooks: _q_lookup for arbitrary components in paths
• Hooks: _q_access for controlling access to a set of pages

Running a Quixote application

• CGI (not recommended)
• SCGI
• Standalone applications
• Other options

PTL

• Writing .ptl files
• Why Python syntax?
• Automatic HTML quoting
  • Avoids XSS attacks

Forms

XXX this chapter needs work

• Simple form processing
• Form framework:
  • Form objects
  • Widgets
  • Examples

The whole wide world

• Static files and directories
• SQL
  • By hand with the DB-API
  • With SQLObject
• XML-RPC
• Graphics
• Alternative templating languages
• Implementing REST: introduction
• Implementing REST: GET/POST/PUT/DEL
• Implementing REST: a REST client in Python

Common design patterns

• Good URL design matters
• Domain objects and *UI classes
• standard.ptl
• pages.ptl

Conclusion

• Resources
• Questions/comments?