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controller code

Control your code

Your model code is ready, and you have a good idea of how the yate
module can help you with your view code. It’s time to glue it all together
with some controller code.
First things first: you need to arrange your wedapp’s directory structure to
help keep things organized. To be honest, anything goes here, although by
giving it a little thought, you can enhance your ability to extend your webapp
over time. Here’s one folder structure that Head First Labs recommends.

As well as containing the subfolders, this folder
contains your webapps “index.html” file, your
You can call your top-level “favicon.ico” icon, style sheets, and anything
folder anything you like. webapp else that doesn’t fit neatly into one of the

subfolders.

Any code that you write for
your webapp needs to reside in a
cgi-bin specially named folder called “cgi-
bin”.

Let’s keep the coach’s
data files in a separate

data folder by putting all of
the TXT files in here.

If your webapp has any images files
Do this! images (JPGs, GIFs, PNGs, and so on), pop
them into their own folder to help
keep things organized.

Head on over to the
Head First Python support The templates that
website, download templates came with the “yate.py”
webapp.zip, and download can go in here.
unpack it to your hard
disk.

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