Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

[Benji York]

Russell E. Owen wrote:
> I disagree. Once you've picked a database (not trivial in itself, of 
> course), you typically only have a few options for talking to in in 
> Python.

Perhaps it's off-topic for this thread, but I think "picking a database" 
is the first mistake most people make.  It's a form of premature 
optimization.

Just like any other component in a system, develop your app without a 
database until you see that you need one, don't just assume you do from 
the beginning.

I was listening to an interview with Ron Jeffries the other day, and 
when asked what he considers one of his greatest accomplishments (as a 
software developer), he told a story about working on a large 
development project for a system that was going to process large amounts 
of data.

At the beginning of the project he was asked what database they should 
use, he said (something like) "wait until we need one".  During 
development several people asked what database they were going to use, 
he reiterated: "wait until we need one".  After the system went into 
production (without a database) he eventually left the company.  Years 
later he found out that they still hadn't "chosen a database" because 
they had yet to need one.  Sounds like a pretty good application of 
YAGNI to me.  http://xp.c2.com/YouArentGonnaNeedIt.html

That's also why I don't see much point to the 
relational-database-centric web frameworks that are all the rage today, 
but I'll save that rant for another day.
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Benji