Hi there, I will throw my $0.02 in only because I have used both.
I generally agree with Kevin that it is a matter of taste. (Of course Java vs Python is a no brainer in my book.) ;-) Speaking from a personal perspective, I started with Django and I liked it very much. But as I continued to build my app I found I was increasingly fighting the framework to get what I wanted. Now that may be just me not getting the "Django way", but I became less satisfied with it. Then I discovered TurboGears. I started playing with it and now I am firmly in the TurboGears camp. I have never had to fight the framework, as it were. The conclusion I have come to, aside from just TurboGears fits me better, is that Django, while mature, seems to be developmentally held back by it's early days as an internally developed project. It feels a bit dated to me. I have found that many projects that start life as internal or proprietary seem to lag behind "pure" open source projects. They then have to go through a growing pain period when are are opened up as the flood of new ideas come in. Anyway, this is turning into more than $0.02, so I'll stop here. Speaking only from a personal perspective, TurboGears feels more current, more pythonic (by current standards), and the fact that it is built from other tools versus being all in-house developed is a major plus to me. My advice, try both, see what you like. I have no doubt that Django will evolve into awesome Python framework, but I have yet to find anything better than TurboGears int he python world. And I think I have tried almost every framework out there. :-) Okay, I'm done now. :-) Sorry for the long post. Krys Kevin Dangoor wrote: > I tend to stay out of such comparisons as I'm clearly biased. At the > end of the day, you can get your work done in whichever package you > choose... it's just a matter of figuring out which one fits you > stylistically. (Consider: you can choose to write code in Java, Perl > or Python and they'll all get the job done. Some people like static > typing, some people like writing regular expressions every couple of > lines, and some people like getting things done with a minimum of > fuss...) > > The strange thing about this is that Google (I'm using gmail) has > decided to show ads related to the death penalty debate... that may > say something about how protracted a debate about TurboGears vs. > Django may get... > > Kevin > > On 11/29/05, PythonistL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Hey folks, >>is anybody cappable of comparing TurnboGears with Django? >>L. >> >> > > > > -- > Kevin Dangoor > Author of the Zesty News RSS newsreader > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > company: http://www.BlazingThings.com > blog: http://www.BlueSkyOnMars.com >
