[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1963: replace nevow with twisted.web.template

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#1963: replace nevow with twisted.web.template
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     Reporter:  zooko              |      Owner:  remyroy
         Type:  enhancement        |     Status:  assigned
     Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  eventually
    Component:  code-frontend-web  |    Version:  1.10.0
   Resolution:                     |   Keywords:  nevow templates
Launchpad Bug:                     |
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Comment (by daira):

 Replying to [comment:15 remyroy]:
 > The big question is what part of Nevow are we using that is not
 templating and can twisted.web fulfill this in an easy and straightforward
 way?

 Yes.

 > This is what we are using from Nevow that is not templating related:
 >
 > * nevow.appserver
 > * nevow.appserver.NevowRequest
 > * nevow.appserver.NevowSite
 > * nevow.resource_filename
 >
 > and whatever is under those including idioms and conventions from Nevow.
 There seems to be a lot of Nevow code under those from my quick reading of
 Nevow source code.
 >
 > I've been reading the twisted.web documentation and it feels quite
 different from how it's done with Nevow.

 I think you're probably overestimating the differences. We actually only
 use a small subset of Nevow, and ''that subset'' has almost direct
 equivalents in {{{twisted.web}}}.

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