[Zope] How do you replace content with an action?

robert rottermann robert at redcor.ch
Sat Sep 4 14:23:35 EDT 2004


Dave,
> Let me re-state the above suggestion to see if I have it right:
> 
> 1. Client makes a generic request.
> 
> 2. Server sends a response containing hyperlinks.  Each of these
>    links "drills down" to a more specific request.
> 
> 3. Client clicks on one of the links to get the specific
>    information s/he wants.
> 
> 4. Server delivers the specific information.
> 
far better expressed than I did
> This Web application style is known as REST (representational state
> transfer).  It's fairly well documented and is considered, by its
> proponents to be quite strong.  Here is a link:
> 
>     http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?RestArchitecturalStyle
>
Thanks for the link. I was not aware of REST as a concept.
> Zope seems well suited for implementing applications in this style.
> 
> You can find hints for a simple method of doing the dispatching
> based on the URL path here:
> 
>     http://zope.org/Members/dkuhlman/ZopeHowToNotes/#traversing-a-url-path
thanks for this document. I looks to be a real nice summing up.
And I finally learned how to access a webdav resource from kate :)

robert


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