I have been looking at different PHP and Python frameworks. The only Python framework that I have actually toyed with at all, is Django.
I like Python better than PHP, but I think there may be compelling advantages to PHP when it comes to frameworks. Issues that concerns me with Python, and Python frameworks, include: hosting, deployment, configuration and administrative overhead. I get the impression that Python framework developers just assume the user has complete control over the server. Those who develop Python frameworks seem to have little regard for the realities of shared hosting. System requirements tend to be sky-high: Apache 2.x, mod_python (latest version), fastcgi (at least), command line access, PostgreSQL (recommended). Assuming you can meet the system requirements, you still have server configuration issues such as setting up the Path, and maybe the .htaccess file. Then there is the ongoing configuration. I wonder if Pylons is any better than Django in this regard, or maybe it's not as big an issue it seems. For example, as I understand it, in Django: * The database model has to be manually synced to database from the command line, anytime any change is made to the database. * A configuration file has to be created for every application. * Urls have to be configured in the urls.py file to match the view. * The webserver has to be restarted every time modify your code - or touch every file if using fastcgi. >From what I am gathering, Pylons requires a similar amount of ongoing configuration. I don't think this amount of configuration is required by Rails, or the PHP frameworks. Am I wrong about that? And is it really an issue? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to pylons-discuss@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
