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Scratch.py -- hyper-fast mini-webapp production, in Python

65 points by jmonegro 17y ago

mcav 17y ago
Cool. The naming conventions might get unruly for very tiny projects, but definitely an interesting piece of work.
btw0 17y ago
From the author's homepage, this is a project of 2006, seems that it hasn't changed for 3 years.
- ggruschow 17y ago
  Is code that hasn't changed in a long time stigmatized? If so, is it an assumption that all code is broken and needs to be changed regularly?
  - mahmud 17y ago
    1) "if it's been around that long, why hasn't it caught on with more people? is there a problem with it?" 2) "if I face a problem with it, will the author help me debug it for fix it?" 3) "if the last changes to this software were made X years ago, how does it apply the number of industry practices and techniques that have been developed since then?"
brodie 17y ago
It'd be interesting to see something like this that uses Python 3's function annotations. def greetings(ladies: int, gentlemen: (int, 80, 40)): pass
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rogeriopvl 17y ago
Tried it in OS X, and the web server crashed on first request. I'll try it later on linux. Either way, it's an interesting prototyping tool.
- cturner 17y ago
  Happens on osx, linux, win32 for me. Quick workaround (this is the first time I've ever sent out a patch. heh) --- scratch.py.original 2009-08-28 10:49:38.000000000 +0100 +++ scratch.py 2009-08-28 10:42:17.000000000 +0100 @@ -213,10 +213,13 @@ def one_line_description(self): """DOC""" - if len(self.mod.__doc__) > 0: - return self.mod.__doc__.splitlines()[0] - else: - return "(no description)" + try: + if len(self.mod.__doc__) > 0: + return self.mod.__doc__.splitlines()[0] + else: + return "(no description)" + except: + return "(no description)" def long_description(self): """DOC""" Save that to a file called scratch.patch (make sure there's no indentation at the beginning of lines) in the dir. Then run this: patch < ../scratch.patch
  - LionKimbro 17y ago
    OK; I've applied the fix to the master. Thank you!
troels 17y ago
> Note that when you specify field width & height w/ _80 or _40_20 (or whatever,) that you have to change the variable use within the code, too... Real bummer, hunh? I know. Encoding presentation code into the controller layer seems like a bad idea in my mind. Besides being ugly to look at.
- randallsquared 17y ago
  For a proof-of-concept that you expect to throw away when you start on a real version, things can be sacrificed to speed. But it is ugly, I'll agree.

65 points by jmonegro 17y ago

mcav 17y ago

Cool. The naming conventions might get unruly for very tiny projects, but definitely an interesting piece of work.

btw0 17y ago

From the author's homepage, this is a project of 2006, seems that it hasn't changed for 3 years.

ggruschow 17y ago
Is code that hasn't changed in a long time stigmatized? If so, is it an assumption that all code is broken and needs to be changed regularly?
- mahmud 17y ago
  1) "if it's been around that long, why hasn't it caught on with more people? is there a problem with it?" 2) "if I face a problem with it, will the author help me debug it for fix it?" 3) "if the last changes to this software were made X years ago, how does it apply the number of industry practices and techniques that have been developed since then?"

brodie 17y ago

It'd be interesting to see something like this that uses Python 3's function annotations. def greetings(ladies: int, gentlemen: (int, 80, 40)): pass

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rogeriopvl 17y ago

Tried it in OS X, and the web server crashed on first request. I'll try it later on linux. Either way, it's an interesting prototyping tool.

cturner 17y ago
Happens on osx, linux, win32 for me. Quick workaround (this is the first time I've ever sent out a patch. heh) --- scratch.py.original 2009-08-28 10:49:38.000000000 +0100 +++ scratch.py 2009-08-28 10:42:17.000000000 +0100 @@ -213,10 +213,13 @@ def one_line_description(self): """DOC""" - if len(self.mod.__doc__) > 0: - return self.mod.__doc__.splitlines()[0] - else: - return "(no description)" + try: + if len(self.mod.__doc__) > 0: + return self.mod.__doc__.splitlines()[0] + else: + return "(no description)" + except: + return "(no description)" def long_description(self): """DOC""" Save that to a file called scratch.patch (make sure there's no indentation at the beginning of lines) in the dir. Then run this: patch < ../scratch.patch
- LionKimbro 17y ago
  OK; I've applied the fix to the master. Thank you!

troels 17y ago

> Note that when you specify field width & height w/ _80 or _40_20 (or whatever,) that you have to change the variable use within the code, too... Real bummer, hunh? I know. Encoding presentation code into the controller layer seems like a bad idea in my mind. Besides being ugly to look at.

randallsquared 17y ago
For a proof-of-concept that you expect to throw away when you start on a real version, things can be sacrificed to speed. But it is ugly, I'll agree.