[Twisted-web] Introduction, newbie confusion plus an offer

[Matt Goodall]

Uwe (Peter) Feldtmann wrote:
> Can someone tell me where Nevow starts and where Twisted ends?  I think 
> Nevow needs Twisted but where is the development source held? Is it at 
> nevow.com divmod.org or in the Twisted source tree?

Nevow code is at divmod.org. Twisted code is at twistedmatrix.com.

Strictly speaking, Nevow doesn't need Twisted or rather, Nevow should be 
able to function without Twisted. However, there are twisted imports and 
a few Twisted-specific bits of code in Nevow.

To be honest, I'm not sure if anyone is that interested in *completely* 
separating Nevow from Twisted. You can use Nevow outside of a Twisted 
event loop anyway.

Note that some of the Nevow concepts are moving back into twisted.web2. 
At some point Nevow will start using t.web2 and, hopefully, we'll be 
able to remove (with backwards compatability) module from Nevow and rely 
on the t.web2 equivalents.

Hope that helps.

- Matt

> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Ed Suominen wrote:
> 
>> Lloyd, as a fairly experienced Nevow user who has gone through the same
>> frustrations, I'll gladly help to the extent what you're writing about
>> applies to Nevow. I understand that Twisted.web2 is more like Nevow than
>> Twisted.web, so that may make sense. (Actually, you may want to use
>> Nevow -- check it out at http://nevow.org/.)
>> Contact me directly if interested. Also, don't forget the #twisted.web
>> channel on the Freenode IRC server, which is an excellent real-time
>> resource that has helped me a great deal with questions.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Ed Suominen
>>
>> On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 14:33 -0400, lloyd at paisite.com wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm Lloyd, I'm baffled, and I'd like to offer my modest talents to help
>>> others like me come up to speed with Twisted.web in record time.
>>>
>>> I've been looking for a way to bring a large ColdFusion application over
>>> to Python. Twisted.web looks to offer all that I could wish for and 
>>> more.
>>> The work to date is awe-inspiring. But... the documentation,
>>> well-intentioned as it is, and much more ample than in many Open Source
>>> projects, truly baffles me.
>>>
>>> I'm first to admit my limitations: I'm still in the early learning 
>>> stages
>>> of Python; I understand OO conceptually, but have little experience
>>> writing or reading OO code; and, approaching the golden years, 
>>> undoubtably
>>> have far fewer functioning neurons than most of the subscribers to this
>>> list, much less the brilliant young turks who have created the Twisted
>>> framework.
>>>
>>> But, browsing through the archives, it's clear that I am not alone in my
>>> confusion.
>>>
>>> So, I'd like to make a proposal:
>>>
>>> I have many years of writing and editing experience. Back in the days 
>>> when
>>> personal computers were still connected to audio cassette recorders, 
>>> and I
>>> was as excited but unenlightened about PCs as I am now about Twisted, I
>>> contributed three well-received articles to Personal Computing magazine
>>> under the name Techo Turkey. These helped readers hook up IBM Selectric
>>> Terminals to their new PCs, create a computer-controlled haunted 
>>> house for
>>> Halloween, and set up a computer-controlled home security system.
>>>
>>> I would like now to offer to write some supplementary documentation for
>>> Twisted.web aimed at turkeys like me -- the really really basic stuff 
>>> plus
>>> sure-to-work examples that can bring even Mickey-the-Dunce to sufficient
>>> level of understanding that he can participate creatively in the Twisted
>>> community.
>>>
>>> The catch: I need knowledgeable folks willing to answer my many many
>>> stupid questions like, once you've installed Twisted from, say, Debian,
>>> where should what files go and how should permissions be defined?
>>> Undoubtably these generous mentors would also need to critique my newbie
>>> code and perhaps, even, submit examples of their own. Who know, maybe we
>>> could even get a book out of it.
>>>
>>> Any takers?
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Lloyd
>>
>>
>>
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