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.. -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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`CubicWeb` Foundations
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A little history...
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`CubicWeb` is a web application framework developped by Logilab_ since 2001.
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Entirely written in Python, `CubicWeb` publishes data from all sorts
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of sources such as SQL database, LDAP directory and versioning system such
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as subversion.
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`CubicWeb` user interface was designed to let the final user a huge flexibility
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on how to select and how to display content. It allows to browse the knowledge
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database and to display the results with the best rendering according to
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the context.
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This interface flexibility gives back the user the control of the 
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rendering parameters that are usually reserved for developpers.
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We can list a couple of web applications developped with `CubicWeb`, an online
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public phone directory (see http://www.118000.fr/), a system for managing 
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digital studies and simulations for a research lab, a tool for shared children
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babysitting (see http://garde-partagee.atoukontact.fr/), a tool to manage
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software developpment (see http://www.logilab.org), etc.
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In 2008, `CubicWeb` was ported for a new type of source : the datastore 
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from GoogleAppEngine_.
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.. include:: A03a-concepts.en.txt