Web framework for static pages

[DL Neil]

On 13/08/19 10:01 AM, Morten W. Petersen wrote:
> On 12.08.2019 18:13, Brian Oney wrote:
>> On August 12, 2019 9:14:55 AM GMT+02:00, morphex <morphex at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>> Hi.
>>> What frameworks are there for generating static web pages in Python?
>> I have used:
>> https://github.com/Frozen-Flask/Frozen-Flask
>> It's pretty simple. Develop with flask and then "freeze" it.
>>
>> I am looking forward to further answers.
> 
> OK, so now I know Flask can freeze applications. With Zope and Plone, I 
> have a lot of what I need in terms of web application development.
> 
> What I guess I'm looking for, is something that will help create a 
> static website, in a simple and efficient manner.  Without being bloated.

Which have you examined and rejected/like?


> I don't have a lot of hair on my head, but I would be pulling it out 
> because of some of the websites I see today, their heavy-handed use of 
> different Javascript frameworks etc.

True!


> How would I go about creating a simple website with a front page, an 
> about page, a product page and a contact page?  Without any server-side 
> handling of data, so it could be entirely served by for example Apache.

There are a thousand and one web-sites and training courses which 
discuss these topics!


> And with it having well-formed XHTML, proper CSS, little Javascript, 
> scaling to different screen and web browsers (wow, it's been so long I 
> forgot it was called responsive design) and so on, being a nice little 
> package.

Don't even think about XHTML. HTML5!

Yes, "responsive".


As said, there's plenty 'out there'. Today's InBox included reference to 
  <<<pelican
Static site generator that supports Markdown and reST syntax. Powered by 
Python.>>>
https://github.com/getpelican

It seems they make good use of a number of Python features, which will 
presumably reduce learning-time for Pythonista!
-- 
Regards =dn