Web programming ...

[Laughlin, Joseph V]

> From: Moxley Stratton [mailto:moxley at moxleydata.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 10:10 AM
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: Web programming ...
> 
> 
> Sarah Tanembaum wrote:
> > Is python good for creating Web application? I do like the 
> OOness of 
> > Python, as a newbie, I'm trying to find out if Python has all its 
> > necessary modules/utilities for Web programming just as 
> extensive as, 
> > say, PHP or Ruby(some say that Ruby is not ready for this sort of 
> > application and is not yet mature as Perl, Python, and PHP - is it 
> > true?).
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> PHP is a more straight-forward web development language for a newbie 
> because it has been developed and marketed for the web 
> developer in mind.
> 
> However, this is how I see the difference: PHP provides only one 
> built-in basic approach to web application development: a web server 
> module (or CGI) plus a page template model, similar to asp 
> and jsp, plus 
> the PHP language. Python doesn't provide any web application 
> development 
> model built-in. You either develop Python web applications as CGI 
> scripts-- which isn't very popular because of performance issues-- or 
> you work with a web application model that somebody has developed. 
> Because Python doesn't enforce any particular web development model, 
> developers are free to take any approach that has been developed, or 
> they may develop their own model. This creates the potential for more 
> sophisticated applications, but it almost always makes it 
> more difficult 
> than PHP to create small ones. It also means that as a 
> newbie, you have 
> to spend the time to pick a model to start with.
> 
> Another thing I'd like to say about the PHP model is that it is very 
> mature and well-known.
> 
> I'm a PHP developer who has been tinkering around with Python 
> for some 
> time now. I've been researching Webware as a candidate for my primary 
> Python web development model.
> 
> --
> Moxley Stratton

Any thoughts on Webware?  Better than Zope, or do they fit different
needs?

Joe