All Howtos and Tutorials

All Grok howtos and tutorials.

Adding AJAX to Grok with KSS

How to setup KSS (Kinetic Style Sheets) in a Grok application; how to start with the framework.

Glossary of Egg Jargon

Terminology used when refering to eggs

Traversing subpaths in views

You've probably already explored the simple use of a traverse() method to return objects based on what is in the URL but what about doing similar magic on views? It's really simple actually.

Thanks!

Thanks!

Typos

Typos

Installing and configuring a Grok site under Repoze

Repoze can be installed with setup tools and a Grok site can be easily created using the repoze.grok tool included.

Installing and configuring mod_wsgi

mod_wsgi is installed the same way as any Apache module

Setting up a clean Linux server

When starting with a new server, it's important to get all required packages in place before beginning.

Introduction

What is Repoze?

Why use Apache and mod_wsgi for Repoze?

There are many WSGI servers available. Why is mod_wsgi a good option?

Installing and setting up Grok under mod_wsgi using Repoze

Repoze allows Grok to run behind any WSGI server. This tutorial will show how to install Grok behind the Apache web server and mod_wsgi using Repoze on a brand new Linux virtual server.

Agreed

Agreed

Overly complex example?

Overly complex example?

A real world example of Adaption

Imagine that you are about to give a presentation at a meeting. You've brought your laptop, and the room has a projector and a cable to plug your laptop into the projector. However, the cable you brought won't plug into the projector because your cable only interfaces with a DVI port, and the projector only interfaces with a VGA port.

Adapters from an MVC architecture perspective

How do Adapters compare to the MVC architecture?

Further Reading

There are some more documents that can help you grasping the concept of adaptation

Adapters in a Web Application

While using physical adapters to connect laptops is something that we can understand, where would using adapters in a web application make sense?

A Grok-Centric Explanation of Adaptation

Adaptation is a central concept in the Zope 3 Component Architecture. This explanation approaches it from a Grok perspective.

Understanding viewlets

Viewlets is a flexible way to compound html snippets. Learn what they are and how they work.

A Grok Application and a Grok Model

A Grok Application is something that can be installed. A Grok Model is an object that is saved in the Zope Object Database.