[Twisted-web] Twisted.Web and Jinja2

Jo as Queeniebee joasqueeniebee at gmail.com
Thu Jun 20 11:29:38 MDT 2013


Thanks, this has helped.

When I share my code, is it better include a pastebin link or within the
message?


On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 1:47 AM, Lucas Taylor <ltaylor.volks at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> On Jun 19, 2013, at 7:28 PM, Jo as Queeniebee wrote:
>
> Alright, then I'll use Twisted's built-in! But I still have my same
> question: Should I write a separate file containing all the resources and
> another file with the server? To deploy a content server on the RPi, do I
> need to wrap all the files within a .tac file?
>
> Joelle
>
>
> This is highly dependent upon your application.  Maybe you can contain
> everything you need to do in a single .py file and run it. Or maybe it
> would be beneficial to use separate modules or packages. These aren't
> really twisted-specific concerns. It's a matter of laying out your
> application so you can import the code you need, where you need it. If you
> have all of your Resources in a separate module or package, then you need
> to figure out how to import those and hook them up to the Site object.
>
> Extending the simple example from earlier, you might have a "run.py" in
> your app:
>
> ## myapp/run.py
> #
> from twisted.web import server
> from twisted.internet import reactor
>
> from myapp.views import MyResource
>
> site = server.Site(MyResource())
> reactor.listenTCP(8080, site)
> reactor.run()
>
> This is highly simplified, but hopefully you can see it's just basic
> python. twisted.web.server.Site needs a Resource, so you have to figure out
> how to supply it. Could be in the same file, or could be importable from
> some other package or module. In this case, we've decided that we'll have a
> views module that contains MyResource.
>
>
> A .tac file is one way to handle application startup. You could also
> create a twistd plugin:
> https://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/core/howto/tap.html. Or you
> could have a plain old python file with reactor.run() in it. This is
> prevalent in many of the howto examples and what the example above shows. I
> wouldn't really worry about .tac or plugins for the time being.
>
>
> At any rate, we're venturing into different territory now. You'll need to
> share some code (http://sscce.org/) or give a more complete description
> of what you're trying to do in order to get practical advice. It would be
> better to start a new thread with a clear intent and a different subject
> line, unless you still have questions about using jinja2.
>
>
> Lucas
>
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