I was one of the guys who lamented lack of blogs on web2py. So here I've written a blog post: http://www.jjude.com/2009/04/07/why-i-chose-web2py-for-developing-yatsy/. Feel free to comment/digg/stumble/twit.
Joseph On Mar 22, 11:04 pm, Kent Borg <kentb...@borg.org> wrote: > Datapoint: I have been studying and playing with web2py for several > weeks now. > > Attractions: > > - Python. > > - Appeared to be simple. > > - Claimed to scale. > > First reactions: > > - I think I finally understand list comprehensions! (Spending a lot of > time trying to understand how to write pythonic code and not just C with > picky indenting.) > > - Indeed, it seems simple. > > - I am still expecting it scales, but have yet to prove it to myself. > > - The name is, um, lacking. Until I read the "web 2.0 for python" > mnemonic I couldn't remember whether it was web2py or py2web. > > - Nice people! Mostly I have been pecking away on my own, but today I > have been plowing through the mailing list and I am struck at how > constructive and nice everyone is. It makes me think web2py must be > friendly software, too. (Please, don't degrade to a list where every > question is answered with a curt reply that is nothing more than a URL > and the clear implication that it was a stupid question.) > > - I have climbed out on an obscure limb of a non-mainstream tree in a > quiet end of the forest. If web2py turns out to be a "secret weapon" > with which to work magic, cool. If it surges in popularity, even > better. If it turns out to have been an approachable training ground on > which to wrap my head around the model/controller/view paradigm, all for > the day I am forced to move on to something better known...well, it > seems it will have been worth it. > > - I bought the book on lulu, and it was both necessary and worth it. I > printed a copy that has been well used, and I keep a copy of the pdf > open for searching. > > -kb, the Kent who doesn't know if his studying will help him find a job, > but is it good use of his time unemployed anyway. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
