Class overview :

Class goals :

This course will cover the installation, configuration, development and deployment of Web Sites using the TurboGears framework.

Content of Web 2.0 Programming using CherryPy and TurboGears

Overview of Web 2.0 Python and Frameworks

The role of AJAX in Web 2.0

Overview, and getting up to speed with classical web technologies – using a standard database driven web site example

• XML
• HTML
• HTTP
• SQL
• Java Script
• Python CGI

Introduction to Web Application Frameworks, CherryPy and TurboGears

• Model View Controller (MVC) paradigm – which underlies most Web Develoment Frameworks
• Features supported by most web development frameworks
• History of TurboGears
• Core TurboGears components – an overview
• MVC architecture in TurboGears
• Overview,by example, of application creation and deployment using TurboGears

TurboGears components in greater depth

• CherryPy – and TurboGears controllers
• SQL Objects – Object Relational Mapping
• Kid template engine and MochiKit – processing and creating views
• TurboGears Widgets

Case studies

• Creating a Blog site
• Managing user identity and tracking site visitors
• Creating extended widgets
• MVC design and implementation – team project
• Adding RSS feed capabilities to a web site

Client side issues

• Pythonic JavaScripting with MochiKit
• Flash based interfaces and TurboGears