[Tutor] Large Scale Python websites

[bhaaluu]

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Google
"Python has been an important part of Google since the beginning,
and remains so as the system grows and evolves. Today dozens of
Google engineers use Python, and we're looking for more people with
skills in this language." said Peter Norvig, director of search quality at
Google, Inc.
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On 8/7/07, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> "OkaMthembo" <zebra05 at gmail.com> wrote
>
> > Is anyone aware of any large scale web apps developed in Python?
> > Please let
> > me know of any that you know of...
>
> The Zope web site has many examples.
>
> But it depends how you define large scale. Most of the really big ones
> (Google,
> Yahoo, IBM, BBC etc - anything with several million hits a day)  use
> Java or C++
> in my experience. But a lot of large and busy sites do exist using one
> or other
> of the Pyhon web frameworks, check the frameworks and you will find
> case
> histories.
>
> And even the biggest sites often use languages like Python etc for
> experimental features or occasional access areas or for administration
> or test duties. One of the good things abourt web developments is that
> its pretty easy to mix frameworks and have it appear seamless to the
> user.
>
> Alan G.
>
>
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