1. It's possible to use Mako and SQLAlchemy with Django too, as Steven writes.
2. As Bruno writes, Django it's a easy-learn piece of software and Pylons uses third-party software (and 2 powerfull ones), so, to extract the full power of Pylons you've a major learning curve, while Django is sit and start write for most simple kinds of webapps. 3. At the end, it's a personal choice, you've to try the 2 options by yourself and choose that one you fell confortable with. It's complicated to say what's is suitable for you based on my point of view, but if you want simplicity and fast learning, try Django, if you want the power of a huge template system and complex database relations, try Pylons. If you've time, try 2. I think Django is sufficient to most web projects. 2010/9/6 bruno desthuilliers <bruno.desthuilli...@gmail.com> > 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<django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- 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.
