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  • flab ba
    #1

    Quixote vs mod_python

    Hello:

    I am new to web app programming, but need to create a web app. I would
    like to do it in Python

    After extensive googling, reading news groups, blogs, and outdated /
    incomplete "web app shoot outs" that don't seem to come to any conclusion,
    I came across a number of alternatives, but my limited knowledge in this
    field prevents me from seeing the virtues of one framework over the other.
    The ones I saw were:

    * Quixote (with mod_python or SCGI)
    * straight up mod_python (the un-framework)
    * Webware
    * CherryPy
    * Nevow
    * Zope
    * Snakelets

    People had lots of good things to say about Quixote. Nevow looks
    promising, but I don't grok it with its limited docs. Plus I get nervous
    when there is only one developer working on it. I also get nervous about
    Twisted. Zope is a bit heavyweight for what I need, I think.

    CherryPy looks interesting, but I'm discouraged by the code-generator.
    Supposedly CherryPy2 does away with this - but there has been no release
    yet.

    So, I'm trying to decide between "straight up" mod_python in conjunction
    with something like Cheetah for templating (mod_python's PSP looks ugly),
    or using Quixote.

    Can somebody sway me one way or the other ? What would Quixote give me
    that mod_python + Cheetah doesn't?


    Thanks very much.
    -Flab

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    • flab ba
      #2
      Re: Quixote vs mod_python -nevow correction

      On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:43:57 -0700, flab ba wrote:
      [color=blue]
      > Hello:
      >
      > Nevow looks
      > promising, but I don't grok it with its limited docs. Plus I get nervous
      > when there is only one developer working on it. I also get nervous about
      > Twisted.
      >[/color]

      Correction: I guess there are several people working on Nevow. Donovan
      seems to be the leader.

      -Alex

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        • Istvan Albert
          #3
          Re: Quixote vs mod_python

          flab ba wrote:
          [color=blue]
          > Can somebody sway me one way or the other ? What would Quixote give me
          > that mod_python + Cheetah doesn't?[/color]

          For me Zope works out really well.

          You get everything in one place. HTTP, FTP, WEB-DAV, XML-RPC, page templates,
          database connectors and python. Plus you can turn over parts of the
          web development to others via delegated access. It does have a
          learning curve alright ...

          but I'd be more worried if it was me piecing together all this
          functionality from independent modules or programs

          Istvan.

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            • Aahz
              #4
              Re: Quixote vs mod_python

              In article <pan.2004.10.14 .06.43.56.91266 8@large.net>,
              flab ba <flab@large.net > wrote:[color=blue]
              >
              >Can somebody sway me one way or the other ? What would Quixote give me
              >that mod_python + Cheetah doesn't?[/color]

              Quixote is "inside-out" compared to most templating approaches: you
              write Python code that emits strings to create web pages. Cheetah is no
              different from PHP in that you start by writing a web page as your
              framework and then add code.
              --
              Aahz (aahz@pythoncra ft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/

              WiFi is the SCSI of the 21st Century -- there are fundamental technical
              reasons for sacrificing a goat. (with no apologies to John Woods)

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