doc/book/_maybe_to_integrate/template.rst
author Denis Laxalde <denis.laxalde@logilab.fr>
Thu, 14 Jan 2016 18:35:07 +0100
changeset 11076 403a901b6b1e
parent 1714 a721966779be
child 12792 e2cdb1be6bd9
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[devtools] Re-implement generative tests using subtests Generative tests as implemented in logilab.common.testib are not compatible with tests runner other than lgc.pytest and this implementation differs from the standard library, which has support for subtests_ since Python 3.4. Use unittest2 to bridge the gap. Maybe it'd be good to implement this on logilab.common.testlib side at some point. Let's see how this gets received here first. .. _subtests: https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html#subtests



Templates
---------

*Templates* are specific views that do not depend on a result set. The basic
class `Template` (`cubicweb.common.view`) is derived from the class `View`.

To build a HTML page, a *main template* is used. In general, the template of
identifier `main` is the one to use (it is not used in case an error is raised or for
the login form for example). This template uses other templates in addition
to the views which depends on the content to generate the HTML page to return.

A *template* is responsible for:

1. executing RQL query of data to render if necessary
2. identifying the view to use to render data if it is not specified
3. composing the HTML page to return

You will find out more about templates in :ref:`templates`.