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Michael C. Neel
neel at mediapulse.com
Thu Oct 28 16:41:31 EDT 2004
We are proud to announce the release of version 1.0 of SnakeSkin, a python application toolkit released under an Open Source BSD-Style license, available at http://snakeskin.pseudocode.net/ Along with this release, we have updated the CGI Demo to be easier to install and follow. Both of these releases can be found at (along with more information including change logs): http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=118346 Support for SnakeSkin is handled though SourceForge.Net. The project information page is at http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/snakeskin-tools There you will find the bug tracking system, a feature request system, and the main method of support, the SnakeSkin mailing list. About SnakeSkin In SnakeSkin, developers can customize the framework to the application, unlike in traditional frameworks, such as PHP. For example, adding custom tags to the templating system is quick and easy. The goal of the project is to have a framework that scales down as well as up--a "Zope-lite" framework. SnakeSkin can scale down to be useful in a simple form-to-email or just to apply a clean-cut design skin. The toolkit can just as easily scale up to handle complex content managment systems, B2B extranets, and full-fledged e-commerce engines. We do it all the time. SnakeSkin, based upon the existing Albatross project maintained by Object Craft, runs under several webservers, including CGI based, Apache, FastCGI, and its own included webserver (used mainly for development). SnakeSkin has several built in capabilities: * Dynamic Macro Features (think server-side includes on steroids) * SQL support in both the application and the template * Support for Apache 2.0 Filters ... and includes Albatross features ... * Clean separation of logic and design * A simple-yet-robust templating system that is Web Designer-friendly (Plays nice with Dreamweaver) * Secure Session Management in hidden fields, server-side data-stores, or through a session server The SnakeSkin team. http://snakeskin.pseudocode.net/
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