[Edu-sig] web2py 1.38

[Massimo Di Pierro]

Hello everybody,

I posted web2py version 1.38 (www.web2py.com). It is a web framework  
originally developed at DePaul University as a teaching tool. If you  
are familiar with Django or Rails than you know what this is about.

web2py is very easy to use because you unzip it, click it, and it  
starts web server, database, and you do everything through the web  
interface. Python is in the package and has no dependencies.

The original idea behind web2py was not that of teaching how to use a  
web framework but to make the role of the framework so easy and  
transparent that it can be used as a tool for teaching intro to  
python programming. Even students without programming experience  
understand the concept of URL, Input/Output, storage. In web2py a  
function is called when you visit a url. The output is the resulting  
web page. They edit the code as they edit a wiki page. Instead of  
building sample loops over prime numbers, you can as easily loop and  
build an RSS feed, etc.

If you want to use it let me know and I will send you a draft version  
of the book.

Massimo