Glossary

Pyramid: Pyramid is a small, fast, down-to-earth Python web application development framework.
SQLAlchemy: An Object relational framework.
transaction: A database transaction comprises a unit of work performed within a database management system. Within this context it is also the name of a Python distribution.
zope.sqlalchemy: zope.sqlalchemy connects SQLAlchemy to general purpose transaction machinery
khufu_sqlalchemy: khufu_sqlalchemy is meant to reduce the plumbing required to configure a SQLAlchemy based database connection with a Pyramid based web app.
environ: The standard dict object passed into a WSGI callable.
sqlalchemy.url: The settings key used to derive a SQLAlchemy engine from.
engine: The SQLAlchemy database engine being used, see Engine Configuration for further details.
session factory: The SQLAlchemy database session factory being used, see Using the Session for further details.
pyramid_tm: Transaction handling based on the transaction package.

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