cubicweb_web - And how to use it with CubicWeb

cubicweb_web is a cube which used to be part of CubicWeb. It provides a lot of generic HTML views and a controller mechanism.

First steps

• From scratch:

  • Install a CubicWeb environment

  • Configure a CubicWeb environment

  • Deploy a CubicWeb application

Routing

CubicWeb offers two different ways of routing : one internal to CubicWeb and a one with the pyramid framework.

• Principle:

  • cubicweb and pyramid

  • the CW request object

  • the pyramid request object

  • encapsulation of the CW request in the pyramid request

  • bw_compat and the options to use, fallback when CW doesn’t find anything

• CubicWeb routing:

  • url publishers

  • url rewriters

• Pyramid routing:

  • general principles

  • predicates

  • tweens

  • content negociation

Front development

• With Javascript / Typescript (using React):

  • general principle

  • how to install and integrate js tooling into CW

  • cwelements

  • rql browser

• With Pyramid:

  • general integration with CubicWeb

  • The renderers

  • Jinja2 templates

  • example of usages with CW

• With CubicWeb Views:

  • Introduction

  • Select a view with registers

  • Facets

  • How to use javascript inside CW views

  • Customize CSS

• RDF:

  • the RDF adaptator

  • RDFLib integration into CW

Security

• Security:

  • The security model

  • Permissions management with Pyramid

  • CSRF protection in CubicWeb

Cubicweb configuration files

• Base configuration:

  • The all-in-one.conf

  • The Pyramid configuration

• Advanced configuration:

  • The database connection pooler

Common Web application tools

• Test

  • CubicWeb

• Caching

  • HTTP cache management

• Internationalization

  • Localize your application

• Full text indexation

  • RQL search bar