A few points: * It's as easy to swap components in Django as it is with Pylons. The main difference is that Django components are well integrated in the framework so 1/ you don't have much to do to use them and 2/ you loose some very usefull features - that just don't exist OOTB in Pylons - if you don't use them.
* SQLAlchemy is possibly the most feature-complete, comprehensive and powerful "SQL layer" (much more than just "an ORM" ) ever written. Now this comes with a price : complexity and learning curve. That's what I'd choose for a truely complex and critical RDBMs based app, but definitly NOT for most web apps. As an experienced Python and web developper, while I do think Pylons is possibly one of the most flexible and powerful web frameworks around, I still prefer Django for it's level of integration and ease of use. I've been using Django since the 0.96 days, and I'm still waiting for a project I'd rather do with Pylons. My 2 cents... On 5 sep, 06:51, Feross <fer...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I'm a new Python user and I'm looking for a web development framework to > build a database-driven website. I've looked at the various Python web > frameworks out there and I've settled on either Django or Pylons, but I'm > not sure which to choose. > > Things I've heard about Django that I like: > - All the Django documentation is in one place. > - The community is larger = more help for newbies. > - It has a handy admin interface for adding content quickly. > > Things I've heard about Pylons that I like: > - It's easier to customize and swap components in and out. > - It uses SQLAlchemy out of the box. (I've never used it, but I hear that > it's better than Django's ORM) > - It uses Mako out of the box. (Again, I've never used it, but I hear that > it's better than Django's templating system). > > I'm not sure how important SQLAlchemy and Mako support is, so I'd like to > hear opinions from some more experienced Python and Django users. > > Thanks, > Feross -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
