where do I begin with web programming in python?

[Paul Rubin]

jmDesktop <needin4mation at gmail.com> writes:
> I am aware there are various frameworks (Django, Pylons, etc.),
> but I would like to know how to create web pages without these.  If I
> have mod_python or fastcgi on apache, where do I start?  I don't have
> clue where to begin to create a web page from scratch in python.  I am
> sure I will want to access database, etc., all the "normal" stuff, I
> just want to do it myself as opposed to the frameworks, for learning.

I didn't notice anyone mentioning the simplest answer of them all:
write an old fashioned cgi using python's cgi module.