what is best for web development??

[Cameron Laird]

In article <6ee58e07.0401140638.672d50a7 at posting.google.com>,
Lothar Scholz <llothar at web.de> wrote:
>graham__fawcett at hotmail.com (Graham Fawcett) wrote in message
>news:<e9570f37.0401121052.ed79710 at posting.google.com>...
>> Wilk <wilkSPAM at OUTflibuste.net> wrote in message news:<87oet9grqy.fsf at blakie.
>
>> If it has to be a one-shot install, I would suggest a Web server
>> written in Python -- Medusa or Twisted, probably -- that you could
>> bundle with your Python app. Find a Web app framework that (a) works
>> on Medusa or Twisted and (b) has the templating features you
>> require/desire.
>
>I would not recommend this. A distribution with an own apache server
>seems to be the best. It is easy to hide the setup and the customers
>know that there is a good working technologie behind the scenes. And
>it can be managed by every normal administrator. This is a very
>important point for larger customers.
>
>I would recommend webware+Fun Form Kit+cheeta together with apache.

I'm unsure what you're recommending.  We're considering a self-contained
Web application, including the Web server itself.  Are you proposing:
1.  An installer which does a conventional Apache 
    installation, except with enough stuff confi-
    gured so it comes up in a safe state, PLUS
    a separate installation segment just for the
    Python-based part; or
2.  A custom installer which knows internal details
    of both Apache and the Python-based application?

What advantage do you see for either of these over the pure-Python ap-
proach suggested above?  Is your point that customers feel more 
comfortable with "Apache inside"?
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Cameron Laird <claird at phaseit.net>
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