webpy framework

[briancurtin]

my dad just sent me this link a little bit ago about a new python web framework. i looked into it very briefly but it looks nice and light so far. im not sure how "new" it is to some people, but it was posted on the python mailing list yesterday (tuesday jan 3rd).

here it is: http://webpy.org/ check it out

im going to be reading up on this a lot in the next few days because ive been considering doing my senior computer science project in python since ive gotten back into it. my original plan was a java/jsp page with a mysql database, similar to a project i did at a previous internship except this would be expanded much more, but its all still up in the air

[sapo]

I found this one yesterday, far more mature ;)

http://www.djangoproject.com/

[sapo]

Hum.. now after i read about web.py i see that it is completely different from django it is trying to fill a hole that jungle has -> simplicity, now i m interested in it :D

[briancurtin]

yeah ive looked into django a little bit, but was very interested by webpy's simplicity. it will be interesting to see how it takes off and who starts using it

[briancurtin]

theres already an update, so MySQL is supported now. thats what i was waiting for! now ill be trying this out in the next few days when im free

[Wille]

my original plan was a java/jsp page with a mysql database, similar to a project i did at a previous internship except this would be expanded much more, but its all still up in the air
If this is a long-term project, you might want to investigate something with a larger community (and thus more support and better projected lifespan).

I'm not exactly sure what kind of simplicity you are looking for (ease of use or lightweight implementation of the framework itself), but TurboGears would seem like a better bet.

Have you seen the 20 minute wiki video at

http://www.turbogears.org/docs/wiki20/20MinuteWiki.mov

?

[briancurtin]

nah its not really a long-term thing, but ive really thought about it and i dont think im going to do it in something this new/small anyways. my dad has been huge into python for years and he showed this to me and was pretty excited about the potential it has, so i kind of jumped at it. i will check TurboGears out, thanks for the tip