newbie question: Mod_python or php?

[Brett Haydon]

Try getting started with the mod.publisher module within modpython.

PHP is probably easier to get started with but I think that overall Python
offers greater flexibility in the long run.

I started the same way, fumbling around with no idea, but once I'd worked
a few things out I managed to build a fairly solid e-commerce site in a
week as an exercise.

Theres no way I would have completed the same exercise in PHP in that time
(unless I'd cheated).

However, finding someone to host modpython, thats another story!

Brett

"Hanna Joo" <hanna at chagford.com> wrote in message
news:986371258.262634 at nntp01.uskonet.com...
> Hi. I have been playing around with php and so on, trying to set up simple
> sites with database connections. Then I read about mod_python and
downloaded
> it. However, the manual, to me, was something close to hieroglyphs. Becase
I
> am quite new to programming and new to python, I would really appreciate
> simple tutorials. At this moment I am leaning towards php as there is a
lot
> more support and documentation on php. Although the fact that I can code
in
> python is a great attraction, it seems rather complicated.
>
> I would like to hear from people who have used mod_python whether they
find
> it better/nicer etc than php. (if they do I will try once again to plough
> through the manual...;) If so, I would like to know whether there are more
> reasons besides being able to code in python - speed, functions etc.
>
> Hanna
>
>