diff -r 52bf52e6fc77 -r 1091d8d63f51 doc/book/en/11-00-faq.en.txt --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/doc/book/en/11-00-faq.en.txt Thu Nov 20 20:14:23 2008 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +.. -*- coding: utf-8 -*- + +Frequently Asked Questions +========================== + +* Why does not LAX have a template language ? + + It does. Actually, you can use your preferred template language if you + want. [explain how to use a template language] + + The reason template languages are not used in this book is that + experience has proved us that using pure python was more efficient. + +* Why do you think using pure python is better than using a template language ? + + [copy answer from forum] + + code is easier to maintain, does not have to learn a new dialect + each time, real function/classes etc -> real development + +* Why do you use the GPL license to prevent me from doing X ? + + [copy answer from forum] + +* LAX looks pretty recent. Is it stable ? + + [answer that framework has evolved over the past seven years and that + data migrated from one schema to the other ever since] + +* Why is the RQL query language looking similar to X ? + + [copy answer from forum, explain why similar to sparql and why better + than django and SQL] + +* which ajax library + + [we use mochikit and things on top of that] + +* `Error while publishing rest text ...` + + While modifying the description of an entity, you get an error message in + the application `Error while publishing ...` for Rest text and plain text. + The server returns a traceback like as follows : + 2008-10-06 15:05:08 - (erudi.rest) ERROR: error while publishing ReST text + Traceback (most recent call last): + File "/home/sandrine/src/blogdemo/ginco/common/rest.py", line 217, in rest_publish + File "/usr/lib/python2.5/codecs.py", line 817, in open + file = __builtin__.open(filename, mode, buffering) + TypeError: __init__() takes at most 3 arguments (4 given) + + + This can be fixed by applying the patch described in : + http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=48 +[ADD MORE FAQ] +.. -*- coding: utf-8 -*- + +Frequently Asked Questions +========================== + +* Why does not LAX have a template language ? + + It does. Actually, you can use your preferred template language if you + want. [explain how to use a template language] + + The reason template languages are not used in this book is that + experience has proved us that using pure python was more efficient. + +* Why do you think using pure python is better than using a template language ? + + [copy answer from forum] + + code is easier to maintain, does not have to learn a new dialect + each time, real function/classes etc -> real development + +* Why do you use the GPL license to prevent me from doing X ? + + [copy answer from forum] + +* LAX looks pretty recent. Is it stable ? + + [answer that framework has evolved over the past seven years and that + data migrated from one schema to the other ever since] + +* Why is the RQL query language looking similar to X ? + + [copy answer from forum, explain why similar to sparql and why better + than django and SQL] + +* which ajax library + + [we use mochikit and things on top of that] + +* `Error while publishing rest text ...` + + While modifying the description of an entity, you get an error message in + the application `Error while publishing ...` for Rest text and plain text. + The server returns a traceback like as follows :: + + 2008-10-06 15:05:08 - (erudi.rest) ERROR: error while publishing ReST text + Traceback (most recent call last): + File "/home/sandrine/src/blogdemo/ginco/common/rest.py", line 217, in rest_publish + (...) + File "/usr/lib/python2.5/codecs.py", line 817, in open + file = __builtin__.open(filename, mode, buffering) + TypeError: __init__() takes at most 3 arguments (4 given) + + This can be fixed by applying the patch described in : + `Google group appengine `_ + +[ADD MORE FAQ]