Dabbling in web development

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Laura Creighton <lac at openend.se>:

> There are lots of other choices than Django.  
>
> see: https://wiki.python.org/moin/WebFrameworks/

However, are there any good web applications? I have seen some heroic
attempts but most fail miserably or at least have some annoying
glitches.

The cardinal sin of web development seems to be micromanagement. Instead
of letting the web standards do their work, the application wants to be
in full control with JavaScript and XML HTTP requests. The results can
be awe-inspiring but at the same time fail at the basics. For example,
select/copy with the mouse might not work. Fonts might be garbled. Half
the page might be invisible and unscrollable. Or nothing will be
displayed at all.


Marko