Useful Libraries

Libraries that are useful to use with Grok

Grok Libraries

Contents

Authentication
Catalogs
Content Syncronization
- z3c.vcsync
Data Import/Export
- xlrd
- xlwt
Form Widgets
- hurry.file
Forms
Packaged JavaScript Libraries
Relational Database Access
- megrok.rdb
- z3c.saconfig
Site Navigation
- megrok.menu
Static Content Storage
Static Resource Handling
Templating
URL Dispatch
- megrok.traject
- traject
Workflow
- hurry.workflow
XML Utilities
- lxml
- z3c.schema2xml

Authentication

ldapauth

Description: LDAP authentication for Zope Toolkit apps
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://svn.zope.org/ldapauth/trunk/
Comments: maybe should be ldapadapter http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ldapadapter/

ldappas

Description: LDAP authentication for Zope Toolkit apps
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ldappas/

megrok.login

Description: making it easier to set up authentication for Grok
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/megrok.login/

megrok.strictrequire

Description: Enforce the presence of the "require" directive on views.
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/megrok.strictrequire/

Catalogs

dolmen.relations

Description: A thin layer above zc.relation, allowing a simple and straightforward implementation of standalone relationships between objects.
License: GPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/dolmen.relations

hurry.query

Description: An easier way to compose catalog queries
License: BSD
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/hurry.query
Comments: Grok How-to at: http://grok.zope.org/documentation/how-to/implementing-search

z3c.relationfield

Description: Schema fields that are indexed in a relation catalog (using zc.relation).
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/z3c.relationfield

Content Syncronization

z3c.vcsync

Description: Synchronize the ZODB with a version control system. Includes SVN implementation of this.
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/z3c.vcsync/

Data Import/Export

xlrd

Description: Read Excel spreadsheets
License: BSD
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlrd

xlwt

Description: Write Excel spreadsheets
License: BSD
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlwt

Form Widgets

hurry.file

Description: A file upload widget that allows the form to be reloaded if there are validation errors and the file is still there.
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/hurry.file

Forms

dolmen.widget.file

Description: File widget for z3c.form, using Grok. dolmen.widget.file is a package that walks hand-in-hand with dolmen.file. It provides a useable and pluggable way to render the dolmen.file.FileField in a z3c.form.Form, using Grok (through megrok.z3cform.base)
License: GPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/dolmen.widget.file

dolmen.widget.image

Description: Image widget (with thumbnails) for z3c.form, using Grok dolmen.widget.image is a thin layer above dolmen.widget.file providing a widget suitable to fields implementing IImageField. It adds, thanks to dolmen.thumbnailer a preview of the uploaded image in both input and display mode.
License: GPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/dolmen.widget.image

megrok.z3cform

Description: using z3c.form form library with Grok
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/megrok.z3cform.base/

z3c.relationfieldui

Description: Implements a zope.formlib compatible widget for relations as defined by z3c.relationfield .
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/z3c.relationfield

zc.sourcefactory

Description: easier way to construct sources for use in schemas (and forms)
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.sourcefactory

zc.table

Description: Generate tables. I don't use this much anymore, as I've moved to more javascript-driven tables (such as YUI's datatable), but used it a lot in the past. (note that it depends on zc.resourcelibrary which conflicts with hurry.resource, you can trick your away around it.)
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.table

Packaged JavaScript Libraries

hurry.extjs

Description: Packaged ExtJS JavaScript libraries for hurry.resource
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/hurry.extjs/

hurry.jquery

Description: Packaged jQuery JavaScript libraries for hurry.resource
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/hurry.jquery

hurry.jqueryui

Description: Packaged JQuery JavaScript libraries for hurry.resource.
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/hurry.jqueryui/

hurry.js.wforms

Description: Packaged wForms JavaScript libraries for hurry.resource.
License: LGPL
Distribution URL: http://code.google.com/p/wforms/

hurry.tinymce

Description: Packaged TinyMCE JavaScript libraries for hurry.resource
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/hurry.tinymce

hurry.yui

Description: Packaged YUI (Yahoo User Interface) JavaScript libraries for hurry.resource
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/hurry.yui

Relational Database Access

megrok.rdb

Description: A way to create SQLAlchemy-based applications with Grok. Builds on z3c.saconfig
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/megrok.rdb

z3c.saconfig

Description: Integrates SQLAlchemy with the Zope component architecture. Builds on zope.sqlalchemy for transaction integration.
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/z3c.saconfig

Site Navigation

megrok.menu

Description: menus for Grok
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/megrok.menu/

Static Content Storage

dolmen.blob

Description: Dolmen zodb blob handlers (using ZODB >= 3.9.2). dolmen.blob is a layer above dolmen.file, using the ZODB blobs as a storage facility. It respects the zope.app.file IFile and the dolmen.file INamedFile interfaces.
License: GPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/dolmen.blob

dolmen.file

Description: A Zope3/Grok File Representation package. dolmen.file is a layer above zope.app.file.file.File, adding a notion of filename, missing in the original implementation.
License: GPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/dolmen.file

dolmen.storage

Description: Dolmen pluggable and delegated storage. dolmen.storage defines a clear high-level API to deal with pluggable storage components.
License: GPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/dolmen.storage

dolmen.thumbnailer

Description: Specialized in Thumbnail generation. Using the dolmen.storage mechanisms, it allows a pluggable and flexible thumbnail storage.
License: GPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/dolmen.thumbnailer

hurry.filesize

Description: A simple Python library that helps one determine a displayable size of a file in bytes, kilobytes, etc.
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/hurry.filesize/

z3c.blobfile

Description: Store a File object using the ZODB blob storage.
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/z3c.blobfile

Static Resource Handling

hurry.resource

Description: Automatic declarative inclusion of JavaScript and CSS resources into web pages.
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/hurry.resource Grok

hurry.zoperesource

Description: z3c.hashedresource's hashed URL generation
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/hurry.zoperesource

megrok.resource

Description: integrate hurry.resource's Library with both Grok's ResourceDirectory support and z3c.hashedresource's hashed URL generation
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/megrok.resource

megrok.resourcelibrary

Description: hurry.resource's Library with both Grok's ResourceDirectory support and
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/megrok.resourcelibrary/0.9.2

Templating

hurry.custom

Description: A system for defining customized overrides stored in a database (such as the ZODB) of things like templates.
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/hurry.custom/

megrok.chameleon

Description: Chameleon template engine integration into Grok
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/megrok.chameleon

megrok.cheetah

Description: cheetah template engine integration
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://svn.zope.org/megrok.cheetah/trunk/
Comments: Needs release on PyPI

megrok.genshi

Description: Genshi template engine integration
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/megrok.genshi/

megrok.jinja

Description: jinja template engine integration
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/megrok.jinja/

URL Dispatch

megrok.traject

Description: Integrates the traject routing framework with the Grok web framework
License: ZPL
Distribution URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/megrok.traject

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