0.3.2

Summary

• A general purpose conversion library

ConversionKit is a general purpose conversion library designed as an improvement to the functionality in FormEncode but using simple functions rather than complex schema and validators and avoiding the use of exceptions to flag errors. See the introducion in the manual for full details.

Get Started

• Download and install from source

Author

James Gardner james at pythonweb dot org

Documentation

• ConversionKit Manual
• Chapter 1: Getting Started
  • Writing Converters
  • Performing Single Conversions
  • Performing Multiple Conversions on the Same Value
  • Performing Multiple Conversions on the Same Value
  • Understanding State
  • Summary
• Chapter 2: Compound Conversions
  • Using the toDictionary() Tool
  • Setting Default Values
  • Setting Errors
  • Thinking in terms of fields
  • Summary
• Chapter 3: Post-Converters
  • Chaining Post-Converters
  • The set_error() and set_result() functions
  • The Effect of Missing Fields in toDictionary()
  • Pre-Converters
  • Summary
• Chapter 4: List Conversions
  • Using the toListOf() Converter
  • Summary
• Chapter 5: Nested Conversions
  • Learning by Example
  • Obtaining Errors From Nested Conversions
  • Extracting Errors From a Nested Conversion
• Chapter 6: Applications of ConversionKit
• Appendix A: Primer on Functional Python Programming
  • The __call__() Method
  • Using Nested Functions
  • Why Not Just Use Python Classes?
  • Extending PEP 8
• Appendix B: Tips
• Appendix C: FormEncode Compatibility
• Appendix D: API Documentation
  • The conversionkit Module
• Appendix C: FormEncode Compatibility

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page