Advanced Elements — Beyond the Visual Workshop

Advanced elements provide the infrastructure layer for Pytigon applications — background tasks, real-time communication, URL routing, template extensions, and external interfaces.

Element Purpose
Tasks Background task system with scheduling and monitoring
Channels Real-time WebSocket communication
Model Extended data layer with JSONModel
URL Routing and navigation patterns
View The glue between data and display
Management Commands CLI toolkit for administration
Template Filters Data transformation at render time
Template Tags Logic blocks in templates
GraphQL Tools Precise data fetching
REST API Tools Data over HTTP
Library Shared code across applications

Common Patterns

All advanced elements follow these conventions: - Auto-discovery — Register by convention (create file in right location) - Project-level configuration — Defined at the project level, consumed by applications - Template integration — Tags and filters are available in .ihtml templates - Permission system — Respect the same permission framework as base elements

Project Distribution

Projects can be packaged as encoded zip files for deployment:

  1. Create a zip file with the project structure matching the project folder layout
  2. Convert to base64 (e.g., base64 project.zip > encoded.txt)
  3. In the IDE, use Project → Distribute → encoded zip file and paste the base64 content

This distributes the complete project configuration including tables, views, forms, templates, and tasks.

See Also

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