From cb00115c9de2a744ef70c446cd20acdb3a8eda7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Dustin C. Hatch" Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:48:16 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Started documentation --- .settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs | 3 + doc/Makefile | 130 +++++++++++++ doc/conf.py | 216 +++++++++++++++++++++ doc/index.rst | 24 +++ doc/make.bat | 170 ++++++++++++++++ doc/rationale.rst | 120 ++++++++++++ 6 files changed, 663 insertions(+) create mode 100644 .settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs create mode 100644 doc/Makefile create mode 100644 doc/conf.py create mode 100644 doc/index.rst create mode 100644 doc/make.bat create mode 100644 doc/rationale.rst diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs new file mode 100644 index 0000000..57d86c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +#Sun Mar 13 15:05:40 CDT 2011 +eclipse.preferences.version=1 +encoding//doc/conf.py=utf-8 diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile new file mode 100644 index 0000000..21ef73b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/Makefile @@ -0,0 +1,130 @@ +# Makefile for Sphinx documentation +# + +# You can set these variables from the command line. +SPHINXOPTS = +SPHINXBUILD = sphinx-build +PAPER = +BUILDDIR = _build + +# Internal variables. +PAPEROPT_a4 = -D latex_paper_size=a4 +PAPEROPT_letter = -D latex_paper_size=letter +ALLSPHINXOPTS = -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) . + +.PHONY: help clean html dirhtml singlehtml pickle json htmlhelp qthelp devhelp epub latex latexpdf text man changes linkcheck doctest + +help: + @echo "Please use \`make ' where is one of" + @echo " html to make standalone HTML files" + @echo " dirhtml to make HTML files named index.html in directories" + @echo " singlehtml to make a single large HTML file" + @echo " pickle to make pickle files" + @echo " json to make JSON files" + @echo " htmlhelp to make HTML files and a HTML help project" + @echo " qthelp to make HTML files and a qthelp project" + @echo " devhelp to make HTML files and a Devhelp project" + @echo " epub to make an epub" + @echo " latex to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter" + @echo " latexpdf to make LaTeX files and run them through pdflatex" + @echo " text to make text files" + @echo " man to make manual pages" + @echo " changes to make an overview of all changed/added/deprecated items" + @echo " linkcheck to check all external links for integrity" + @echo " doctest to run all doctests embedded in the documentation (if enabled)" + +clean: + -rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/* + +html: + $(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/html + @echo + @echo "Build finished. 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If the directory is relative to the +# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here. +#sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.')) + +# -- General configuration ----------------------------------------------------- + +# If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here. +#needs_sphinx = '1.0' + +# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be extensions +# coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom ones. +extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc', 'sphinx.ext.todo', 'sphinx.ext.coverage', 'sphinx.ext.viewcode'] + +# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory. +templates_path = ['_templates'] + +# The suffix of source filenames. +source_suffix = '.rst' + +# The encoding of source files. +#source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig' + +# The master toctree document. +master_doc = 'index' + +# General information about the project. +project = u'Milla' +copyright = u'2011, Dustin C. Hatch' + +# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for +# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the +# built documents. +# +# The short X.Y version. +version = '0.1.0' +# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags. +release = '0.1.0dev1' + +# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation +# for a list of supported languages. +#language = None + +# There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some +# non-false value, then it is used: +#today = '' +# Else, today_fmt is used as the format for a strftime call. +#today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y' + +# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and +# directories to ignore when looking for source files. +exclude_patterns = ['_build'] + +# The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all documents. +#default_role = None + +# If true, '()' will be appended to :func: etc. cross-reference text. +#add_function_parentheses = True + +# If true, the current module name will be prepended to all description +# unit titles (such as .. function::). +#add_module_names = True + +# If true, sectionauthor and moduleauthor directives will be shown in the +# output. They are ignored by default. +#show_authors = False + +# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use. +pygments_style = 'sphinx' + +# A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting. +#modindex_common_prefix = [] + + +# -- Options for HTML output --------------------------------------------------- + +# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages. See the documentation for +# a list of builtin themes. +html_theme = 'default' + +# Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme +# further. For a list of options available for each theme, see the +# documentation. +#html_theme_options = {} + +# Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory. +#html_theme_path = [] + +# The name for this set of Sphinx documents. If None, it defaults to +# " v documentation". +#html_title = None + +# A shorter title for the navigation bar. Default is the same as html_title. +#html_short_title = None + +# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top +# of the sidebar. +#html_logo = None + +# The name of an image file (within the static path) to use as favicon of the +# docs. This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32 +# pixels large. +#html_favicon = None + +# Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here, +# relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files, +# so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css". +html_static_path = ['_static'] + +# If not '', a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page bottom, +# using the given strftime format. +#html_last_updated_fmt = '%b %d, %Y' + +# If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to +# typographically correct entities. +#html_use_smartypants = True + +# Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names. +#html_sidebars = {} + +# Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to +# template names. +#html_additional_pages = {} + +# If false, no module index is generated. +#html_domain_indices = True + +# If false, no index is generated. +#html_use_index = True + +# If true, the index is split into individual pages for each letter. +#html_split_index = False + +# If true, links to the reST sources are added to the pages. +#html_show_sourcelink = True + +# If true, "Created using Sphinx" is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True. +#html_show_sphinx = True + +# If true, "(C) Copyright ..." is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True. +#html_show_copyright = True + +# If true, an OpenSearch description file will be output, and all pages will +# contain a tag referring to it. The value of this option must be the +# base URL from which the finished HTML is served. +#html_use_opensearch = '' + +# This is the file name suffix for HTML files (e.g. ".xhtml"). +#html_file_suffix = None + +# Output file base name for HTML help builder. +htmlhelp_basename = 'Milladoc' + + +# -- Options for LaTeX output -------------------------------------------------- + +# The paper size ('letter' or 'a4'). +#latex_paper_size = 'letter' + +# The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt'). +#latex_font_size = '10pt' + +# Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples +# (source start file, target name, title, author, documentclass [howto/manual]). +latex_documents = [ + ('index', 'Milla.tex', u'Milla Documentation', + u'Dustin C. Hatch', 'manual'), +] + +# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of +# the title page. +#latex_logo = None + +# For "manual" documents, if this is true, then toplevel headings are parts, +# not chapters. +#latex_use_parts = False + +# If true, show page references after internal links. +#latex_show_pagerefs = False + +# If true, show URL addresses after external links. +#latex_show_urls = False + +# Additional stuff for the LaTeX preamble. +#latex_preamble = '' + +# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals. +#latex_appendices = [] + +# If false, no module index is generated. +#latex_domain_indices = True + + +# -- Options for manual page output -------------------------------------------- + +# One entry per manual page. List of tuples +# (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section). +man_pages = [ + ('index', 'milla', u'Milla Documentation', + [u'Dustin C. Hatch'], 1) +] diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7b35866 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +.. Milla documentation master file, created by + sphinx-quickstart on Sun Mar 13 15:01:36 2011. + You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least + contain the root `toctree` directive. + +Welcome to Milla's documentation! +================================= + +.. automodule:: milla + +Contents: + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 2 + + rationale + +Indices and tables +================== + +* :ref:`genindex` +* :ref:`modindex` +* :ref:`search` + diff --git a/doc/make.bat b/doc/make.bat new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b079387 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/make.bat @@ -0,0 +1,170 @@ +@ECHO OFF + +REM Command file for Sphinx documentation + +if "%SPHINXBUILD%" == "" ( + set SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build +) +set BUILDDIR=_build +set ALLSPHINXOPTS=-d %BUILDDIR%/doctrees %SPHINXOPTS% . +if NOT "%PAPER%" == "" ( + set ALLSPHINXOPTS=-D latex_paper_size=%PAPER% %ALLSPHINXOPTS% +) + +if "%1" == "" goto help + +if "%1" == "help" ( + :help + echo.Please use `make ^` where ^ is one of + echo. html to make standalone HTML files + echo. dirhtml to make HTML files named index.html in directories + echo. singlehtml to make a single large HTML file + echo. pickle to make pickle files + echo. json to make JSON files + echo. htmlhelp to make HTML files and a HTML help project + echo. qthelp to make HTML files and a qthelp project + echo. devhelp to make HTML files and a Devhelp project + echo. epub to make an epub + echo. latex to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter + echo. text to make text files + echo. man to make manual pages + echo. changes to make an overview over all changed/added/deprecated items + echo. linkcheck to check all external links for integrity + echo. doctest to run all doctests embedded in the documentation if enabled + goto end +) + +if "%1" == "clean" ( + for /d %%i in (%BUILDDIR%\*) do rmdir /q /s %%i + del /q /s %BUILDDIR%\* + goto end +) + +if "%1" == "html" ( + %SPHINXBUILD% -b html %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/html + if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1 + echo. + echo.Build finished. The HTML pages are in %BUILDDIR%/html. + goto end +) + +if "%1" == "dirhtml" ( + %SPHINXBUILD% -b dirhtml %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/dirhtml + if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1 + echo. + echo.Build finished. The HTML pages are in %BUILDDIR%/dirhtml. + goto end +) + +if "%1" == "singlehtml" ( + %SPHINXBUILD% -b singlehtml %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/singlehtml + if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1 + echo. + echo.Build finished. The HTML pages are in %BUILDDIR%/singlehtml. + goto end +) + +if "%1" == "pickle" ( + %SPHINXBUILD% -b pickle %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/pickle + if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1 + echo. + echo.Build finished; now you can process the pickle files. + goto end +) + +if "%1" == "json" ( + %SPHINXBUILD% -b json %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/json + if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1 + echo. + echo.Build finished; now you can process the JSON files. + goto end +) + +if "%1" == "htmlhelp" ( + %SPHINXBUILD% -b htmlhelp %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/htmlhelp + if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1 + echo. + echo.Build finished; now you can run HTML Help Workshop with the ^ +.hhp project file in %BUILDDIR%/htmlhelp. + goto end +) + +if "%1" == "qthelp" ( + %SPHINXBUILD% -b qthelp %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/qthelp + if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1 + echo. + echo.Build finished; now you can run "qcollectiongenerator" with the ^ +.qhcp project file in %BUILDDIR%/qthelp, like this: + echo.^> qcollectiongenerator %BUILDDIR%\qthelp\Milla.qhcp + echo.To view the help file: + echo.^> assistant -collectionFile %BUILDDIR%\qthelp\Milla.ghc + goto end +) + +if "%1" == "devhelp" ( + %SPHINXBUILD% -b devhelp %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/devhelp + if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1 + echo. + echo.Build finished. + goto end +) + +if "%1" == "epub" ( + %SPHINXBUILD% -b epub %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/epub + if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1 + echo. + echo.Build finished. The epub file is in %BUILDDIR%/epub. + goto end +) + +if "%1" == "latex" ( + %SPHINXBUILD% -b latex %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/latex + if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1 + echo. + echo.Build finished; the LaTeX files are in %BUILDDIR%/latex. + goto end +) + +if "%1" == "text" ( + %SPHINXBUILD% -b text %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/text + if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1 + echo. + echo.Build finished. The text files are in %BUILDDIR%/text. + goto end +) + +if "%1" == "man" ( + %SPHINXBUILD% -b man %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/man + if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1 + echo. + echo.Build finished. The manual pages are in %BUILDDIR%/man. + goto end +) + +if "%1" == "changes" ( + %SPHINXBUILD% -b changes %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/changes + if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1 + echo. + echo.The overview file is in %BUILDDIR%/changes. + goto end +) + +if "%1" == "linkcheck" ( + %SPHINXBUILD% -b linkcheck %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/linkcheck + if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1 + echo. + echo.Link check complete; look for any errors in the above output ^ +or in %BUILDDIR%/linkcheck/output.txt. + goto end +) + +if "%1" == "doctest" ( + %SPHINXBUILD% -b doctest %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/doctest + if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1 + echo. + echo.Testing of doctests in the sources finished, look at the ^ +results in %BUILDDIR%/doctest/output.txt. + goto end +) + +:end diff --git a/doc/rationale.rst b/doc/rationale.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..82d0796 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rationale.rst @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +========= +Rationale +========= + +As of early 2011, there is a lot of flux in the Python world with +regard to web frameworks. There are a couple of big players, namely +`Django`_, `Pylons`_, and `TurboGears`_, as well as several more +obscure projects like `CherryPy`_ and `Bottle`_. Having worked with +many of these projects, I decided that although each has its strengths, +they all also had something about them that just made me feel +uncomfortable working with them. + +Framework Comparison +==================== + +Django +++++++ + +.. rubric:: Strengths + +* Very popular and actively developed, making it easy to get help and + solve problems +* Fully-featured, including an Object-Relational Mapper, URL dispatcher, + template engine, and form library. Also includes "goodies" like + authentication, an "admin" application, and sessions + +.. rubric:: Discomforts + +I am not specifically listing any of these issues as weaknesses or +drawbacks, because they aren't *per-se*. Honestly, there isn't anything +wrong with Django, and many people love it. Personally, I don't feel +comfortable working with it for a few reasons. + +* Storing configuration in a Python module is absurd +* All of the components are so tightly-integrated it is nearly + impossible to use some pieces without the others. + + * I really don't like its ORM. `SQLAlchemy`_ is tremendously more + powerful, and isn't nearly as restrictive (naming conventions, etc.) + * The session handling middleware is very limited in comparison to + other projects like `Beaker`_ + * I am not fond of the template engine and would prefer to use + `Genshi`_. + +Pylons/Pyramid +++++++++++++++ + +The original Pylons was a very powerful web framework. It was probably +my favorite framework, and I have built a number of applications using +it. Unfortunately, development has been discontinued and efforts are +now being concentrated on `Pyramid`_ instead. + +Pylons +------ + +.. rubric:: Strengths + +* While not as popular as Django, there still a significant following +* The code base is very decoupled, allowing developers to swap out + components without affecting the overall functionality of the + framework. + +.. rubric:: Weaknesses + +* Overutilization of StackedObject proxies and global variables + +Pyramid +------- + +I simply do not like Pyramid at all, and it is really disappointing that +the Pylons project has moved in this direction. Essentially everything +that I liked about Pylons is gone. The idea of using *traversal* to map +URLs to routines is clever, but it is overly complex compared to the +familiar URL dispatching in other frameworks. + +* Tightly integrated with several Zope components, mostly interfaces + (*puke*) +* Template renderers are insanely complex and again, I don't like Zope + interfaces. There is no simple way to use Genshi, which I absolutely + adore. + + +Other Frameworks +++++++++++++++++ + +I haven't used the other frameworks as much. In general, I try to avoid +having my applications depend on obscure or unmaintained libraries +because when I find a bug (and I will), I need some assurance that it +will be fixed soon. I do not like having to patch other people's code +in production environments, especially if it is an application I am +passing along to a client. + +I never really looked at TurboGears at all, and with the recent changes +to the Pylons project, upon which TurboGears is based, there is a great +deal of uncertainty with regard to its future. + +CherryPy is very nice, and I did a bit of work with it a while back. I +thought it was dead for a long time, though, and I have never really +produced a production application built on it. With its most recent +release (3.2.0), it is the first web framework to support Python 3, +which is exciting. I may revisit it in the near future, as a matter +of fact. + +The Truth +========= + +The truth is, I started *Milla* as an exercise to better understand +WSGI. All of the frameworks discussed above are great, and will most +likely serve everyone's needs. There really isn't any reason for anyone +to use *Milla* over any of them, but I won't stop you. + +.. _Django: http://www.djangoproject.com/ +.. _Pylons: http://pylonshq.com/ +.. _TurboGears: http://www.turbogears.org/ +.. _CherryPy: http://www.cherrypy.org/ +.. _Bottle: http://bottlepy.org/ +.. _SQLAlchemy: http://www.sqlalchemy.org/ +.. _Beaker: http://beaker.groovie.org/ +.. _Genshi: http://genshi.edgewall.org/ +.. _Pyramid: http://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/pyramid/1.0/index.html