[Grok-dev] Trails

[Kevin Smith]

Brandon Craig Rhodes wrote:
> Kevin Smith <kevin at mcweekly.com> writes:
>
>   
>> (Brandon I think I may have a few ideas to bounce of off you to
>> expand megrok.trials, email if you're interested)
>>     
>
> Yes!  I'd love to hear ideas.  If you'd like, please insult it and
> suggest improvements right here on the list in front of everyone, :-)
> so that as many ideas and perspectives as possible can be offered.
>
> Start a new thread with "Trails" in the name, though. :-)
>
>   
(I suppose theirs no room for introverts in open source anymore)

I think megrok.trails is great,  my thoughts on a way of expanding it 
are along the lines of the following.

class MyTrails(megrok.trails.TrailHead):
    grok.context(MyApp)
    grok.name('mytrails') #default from class name

    # the trails attribute is left blank

class News(grok.View):
    grok.context(megrok.trails.TrailStop)
    grok.name('mytrails::/news') #signifys MyTrails as trail head and /news as child url


class Archive(grok.View):
    grok.context(megrok.trails.TrailStop)
    grok.name('mytrails::/news/archive') # another page


class Archives(grok.View):
    grok.context(megrok.trails.TrailStop)
    grok.name('mytrails::/news/archive/++subpath++') # stuffs remaining url parts
    # as signifyed by ++subpath++ into self.subpath Zope2 style

    def year(self):
	return self.subpath[-1]

    def month(self):
	return self.subpath[-2]


In my own code, I use grok.context(Traversable) instead of TrailStop, 
but I want to retain the metaphor here. There's lots of room for 
improvement, but I think you can get the drift.

It's pretty concise and easy to use. I've been using something similar 
successfully for over a year.

Kevin Smith






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