Subscribe in a readerMy ToscaWidgets Experience
When I first heard about ToscaWidgets I was excited to say the least. Through the grape vine I heard that it was a new implementation of widgets based on the existing TurboGears widgets. I was immediately drawn to it. I was hoping that it would fix some of the quirks of TG widgets. Unfortunately I wasted quite a few hours and now I still have to roll back to the old TG widgets.
Tosca may be well designed. It may be better, smarter and faster that TG widgets, but much like counting the licks on a Tootsie pop-the world may never know. I blame a lack of real documentation and a lack of examples. I could not find one real example on using forms with TurboGears.
Since I have too many projects on my plate right now I cannot commit to writing a new widget system. I do think it is really needed. Hell…maybe I’ll put in a sleepless night or two to get it done. Either way, I want something with less configuration options and less features. I want dirt simple.
Do your experiences differ?
Google Tech Talk @ Clepy
The August 6th Clepy meeting will be a good one. We have Brian Fitzpatrick, the Engineering Manager of Google’s Chicago office, presenting. The meeting as at AG between 18:30 and 20:30.
Please let us know if you plan an attending. Posting a comment here would be fine. We just need to be sure that there will be enough food. There will be swag in limited quantities.
Possible presentation topics:
- “How Open Source Projects Survive Poisonous People (And You Can Too)”
- “Subversion for Perforce Users: Out of the Fire and into the Frying Pan”
- “The Google OSPO, Google Code, and Packrat”
- “Apache Lightning Talks”
- “Version Control with Subversion and Tools Best Practices”
- “cvs2svn: Making Apples from Applesauce”
- “Apache: When the Code Isn’t Enough”
Hope to see you there!
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