Chapter 2. Getting Started with TurboGears

In This Chapter

• 2.1 Installing TurboGears and SQLite 14

• 2.2 Creating a Hello World Application 16

• 2.3 Say Hi! (Simple Template) 20

• 2.4 Custom Greetings (Hello from the Controller) 22

• 2.5 Summary 23

In this short chapter, we cover the basics of installing TurboGears and setting up a simple database to use with your web applications. Then we create a super-easy Hello World application and take a first brief glimpse at how you can use something called MVC to help structure your application to make the code clearer and easier to maintain.