Python platform/framework for new RESTful web app

[Fábio Santos]

For rest I would go with bottle. It's dead simple, and you can plug in
anything you like. You can probably use django models as well, so you don't
have to rewrite your model layer.

Or django-smarter.
On 27 Apr 2013 13:23, "Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick" <kwpolska at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Eric Frederich
> <eric.frederich at gmail.com> wrote:
> > If I wanted to create a new web application (RESTful) today with Python
> what
> > are my options given the following requirements.
> >
> > * Google Account authentication
> > * Facebook authentication
> > * Managed hosting (like Google App Engine or Heroku) but with the
> ability to
> > be self-hosted later down the road.
>
> Plenty of combinations here.
>
> > I am familiar with Django (well I was a 3 years ago).
> > I have played a little with web.py and like the ideas there.
>
> 3 years is a long time, and a lot of stuff probably changed.  I
> personally like Django and Flask, other people may suggest Pyramid.
>
> > I like the idea of using something like GAE but don't want to be locked
> in.
>
> So go with Heroku.  GAE has many GAE-specific things, while on Heroku
> everything is standard and you can go self-hosted easily (just get a
> DB dump and a dump of your files).
>
> > Is Django the answer?
>
> Maybe.  It depends on the size of your app and if you like Django.
> It’s subject to personal opinion.
>
> > I think you can run Django on GAE (and obviously you can self-host it).
>
> Yes, it works on GAE and Heroku just fine.
>
> > I see there is a Django REST framework.  Is this a good framework?
> > Are there good Google and Facebook authentication extensions?
>
> That’s, again, subject to personal opinion, and I, for one, haven’t used
> any.
>
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