gizmo(qp) 0.7

I'm pleased to announce the first public release of gizmo(qp).

Gizmo extends the QP Web Framework adding functionality to help with 
building rich and exacting web interfaces. As probably everyone here 
knows, QP is borne of Quixote, with major differences being Unicode 
support out of the box and default builtin user sessions.

Key gizmo(qp) features include:

- Unburden pages from the tasks of access control, templating, and 
generation of contextual (where, who) navigational data. These are 
taken care of independently & externally from the page.

- A DHTML Information class, that is contributed to by all participants 
of a response, making complex DHTML pages easier to build and debug.

- Gizmos, that are user interface objects with client-side behaviour 
and interaction. The gizmo api is a simple pattern for encapsulating 
user interface objects that know how to cooperatively participate in 
the page generation process.

- Gizmo Form, that supports automatic generation of redundant 
client-side field validation as well as an additional json callback for 
a field (when the field's validation logic requires server-side 
business logic or data). A by-product of Gizmo Form is a simplified 
JavaScript version of the generic spec python module, included in QP.

- Skins, in particular the GTi Skin, that supports format-agnostic 
template files that may embed python expressions. GTi templates may 
also liberally pull() in bits and pieces of other templates (or content 
files, source code, or any textual source). This feature is really 
handy for technical sites, with content that makes frequent references 
to *live* code.

- Built-in Form Login, User Registration, and User Admin facilities.

- Comprehensive demo, also available live.

URL: http://gizmojo.org/