Why Python?

[Chris Stewart]

What is it about Python that makes it such a suitable language for you?  For
instance, why would you use it over something similarly portable as Java, or
PHP?

I know personally, in my small exposure to Python, I can see it as a great
learning tool for a basic introduction to programming and even OOP.  It's
wonderful how your .py file can simply start making expressions without any
overhead, import/using statements, class declarations, etc.

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web development without using frameworks

[Chris Stewart]

I'm interested in learning web based python without the use of fancy
frameworks that are out there.  I'm having a hard time coming up with
resources and examples for this.  Does anyone have anything that could be
helpful?

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Re: web development without using frameworks

[Chris Stewart]

Interesting.  So I guess to accomplish my goals, I'll have to explore one of
these frameworks.


On 6/5/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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On Jun 5, 9:24 pm, Christoph Haas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 03:01:01PM -0400, Chris Stewart wrote:
> > I'm interested in learning web based python without the use of fancy
frameworks
> > that are out there.  I'm having a hard time coming up with resources
and
> > examples for this.  Does anyone have anything that could be helpful?
>
> I'd say the only decent ways are either using a full-featured framework
> (I favor Pylons) or write plain CGIs. Even for the later a look
intohttp://wiki.python.org/moin/WebFrameworksmight be useful (I wouldn't
> say that "web.py" is really a framework - and it's listed there). Or you
> write plain-old CGIs with Python's "cgi" module. I have also started
> like that but currently only use frameworks because the "cgi" module is
> pretty limited (compared to what Perl offers) and for serious
> applications not really the way to go.
>


I can only second Christoph's answer. Using bare CGI, you'll rapidly
find you have to set up some common things like sessions, templating,
url to actions dispatch etc - IOW, reinventing the (square) wheel. So
unless your goal is to learn the "low-level" parts of web programming
(which is a very legitimate goal - as far as I'm concerned, I'd like
to see more 'web developpers' doing so), my advice is also to look for
a simple, flexible, non-intrusive framework (web.py and Pylons come to
mind).

My 2 (euro) cents.

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How is GUI programming in Python?

[Chris Stewart]

I've always had an interest in Python and would like to dabble in it  
further.  I've worked on a few very small command line programs but  
nothing of any complexity.  I'd like to build a really simple GUI app  
that will work across Mac, Windows, and Linux.  How painful is that  
going to be?  I used to be really familiar with Java Swing a few years  
ago.  I imagine it will be similar.

Next, what would you say is the best framework I should look into?   
I'm curious to hear opinions on that.

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