Quixote 食谱！ TableOfContents

The Quixote Cookbook provides a set of small recipes and tips for using Quixote.

General web interactions

• SettingCookies -- Set cookies

• ReadingCookies -- Read cookies

• DeletingCookies -- Delete cookies

• BrowserRedirection -- Redirecting the client to different URLs

• ReadingEnvVars -- Reading environment variables

• ReadingFormVars -- Reading form variables

• ReadingConfigVars -- Reading configuration variables

• XmlRpcInterface -- Providing an XML-RPC interface

• SoapInterface -- Providing a SOAP interface

• BrowserDetection -- Examining the characteristics of the HTTP client

• StreamingOutput -- Sending large amounts of output to the browser

• CompressingOutput -- Saving bandwidth by providing compressed HTTP output

• CheckingForCookieSupport -- Verifying that the client supports cookies

• Profiling HTTP requests

• IllegalPythonNames -- Getting around the Python-URI legal names mismatch

• XmlHttpUsingJsolait -- A demo of an Ajax (XMLHttp) based interface

Sessions

• UsingSessions -- Setting a unique ID for users

• StoringSessionsInDatabase -- Using a database to store sessions

• Creating session-specific URLs

Authentication

• HttpBasicAuthentication - Using HTTP basic authentication

Templating

• PTL
  • ["PTL/EscapingText"] -- escaping special characters in text
  • making links
  • ["UsingPTLForTemplating"] -- PTL without Quixote.

• TemplatingWithZpt -- using Zope Page Templates under Quixote

• TemplatingWithCheetah

• ["QuixoteAndSimpleTal"] -- helper code for using TAL templates.

• Nevow

Error handling

• ExceptionEmail -- Having errors sent to you

• HidingExceptions -- Providing an error page for the user

• Logging debugging output

Forms

• Validating user input
• Multiple options
• Indicating errors

• CustomFormRendering -- Customizing the appearance of a form

• Recording hidden fields
• Multi-page forms

• Varying forms with OptionSelect

• UploadingFiles -- Processing uploaded files

Form2 Framework

• Form2 GettingStarted -- a simple example

Design Patterns

• UrlAsInterface -- Design your application's URLs carefully.

• SeparateDomainObjectsAndInterface -- Don't mix domain logic with HTML rendering and other webbish details.

• LongRunningProcesses -- Starting lengthy tasks from a Quixote handler

Graphics

• StaticDirectory, StaticFile: Returning files (images, PDF, CSS) from the filesystem

• Creating images with PIL

• Creating PDF with ReportLab

• Creating graphs with Chaco

Internationalization

• Listing available locales
• Choosing a locale
• Localizing messages
• Localizing dates/times
• Localizing currency

Server-related tasks

• RejectUnwantedRequests -- How to ignore unwanted/illegal requests when running as a Medusa server.

• Tips for running QuixoteAndMedusaAsWin32Service. (Needs the service info added. I'm not familiar with that part.)

• GettingFastCgiToWork : Specifically with the demo.

• ScgiConfiguration : Common pitfalls with SCGI (especially mod_scgi on Apache)

Unclassified

• StandaloneApp -- Writing a standalone application

• Sending an e-mail message
• Sending MIME e-mail

• ReusingConnections -- Reusing database connections, proxies, and other resources.

• DulcineaCookbook -- tips for using site management tools and ready-made classes in Dulcinea

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