Daniel Bickett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> I neglected to mention an important fact, and that is the fact that I > am limited to Apache, which elminates several suggestions (that are > appreciated none-the-less). "Limited to Apache" is not the same as "using apache in a restricted environment", so we may need more clarification. If you are looking for a solution that sits on top of apache somehow, and you have system administrative access, there are a lot of choices, including ones that use mod_python. If something is not intended to interface directly with apache, it can still be proxied through apache while it runs on an alternate local port (a standalone app with an embedded web server, for example). If you mean that you're in a typical hosted environment with insufficient privileges to install or configure much of anything, you might be stuck with CGI. Since you mention in your original post that you have a folder in your home directory that's in sys.path, your provider is trying to do something to support python applications (hopefully, the path is specific to your virtual host, to avoid namespace collisions). In any case, if this was done to support mod_python, you can meet some of your criteria with mod_python.publisher, but you will almost certainly want to use a staging platform to develop your apps beforehand, since it is necessary to either restart apache or touch imported modules after editing. BTW, this is how I use Python for web applications myself: Each virtual host gets a special directory prepended to the PYTHONPATH, in which the bulk of my applications are created as packages. Then I use mod_python.publisher to publish single modules that serve as interfaces, converting values from requests and passing them on to the packages, which I try to make web agnostic (in fact, I develop most of the backend code locally before even trying it out on the web, so I can use it in other application domains). I've looked at other offerings, but as soon as I see proprietary markup or commands embedded in HTML, I lose interest, so I feel your pain. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
