Differences between CP1 and CP2 and how to upgrade

Overall

• No compilation is needed like in cherrypy1
• The entire webserver, and all userpages and logic are purely python
• No more masks, views and functions. Everything is based on objects and methods now
• No 'builtin' templating engine, use CherryPyFilters? or CherryTemplate? for templating.
• More generic: you can insert objects and methods on the fly to change behaviour of your site
• More control...

More Specific

• + CherryPyFilters? (and therefore better hooks support)
• + Not every CP1 CherryClass? is a global anymore!
• - Builtin templating (it's separate now, use CherryTemplate? or another templating filter?)
• + As compilation is no longer needed, the server can be used with AutoReload and serveral other nice features to enable faster development
• O Aspects are still available, though in a seperate library which you can inherit from

Upgrading

Mind the following when wanting to migrate:

• CSAuthenticate (for session authentication) bytes generator based templating filters, like XyaptuFilter?
• You'll have to use templating for all your CP1 Views
• Expose all functions you want to be available through the web
• xml-rpc is available using XmlRpcFilter?
• Move all your globals elsewhere