Oops, I meant to say that django "has EXCELLENT documentation" Take care, Don
On 11/25/08, Don Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Welcome! I suggest you take a look at django [1]. You'll find that it > has documentation [2] and an active developer community [3]. Of > course, for your questions about learning python, you've already found > a very helpful community : >) > > Take care, > Don > > [1] http://www.djangoproject.com/ > [2] http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ > [3] http://www.djangoproject.com/community/ > > On 11/25/08, Jason DeBord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> This is my first message on the mailing list. I am excited to get started >> developing content / backend for the web with Python. >> >> I have a background in PHP, but am convinced that Python is a better, more >> powerful language. >> >> I am on a Windows XP machine and I have been using XAMPP for server, php, >> mysql... >> >> I installed Python 2.5 and mod_python successfully. I can serve pages with >> .py extension to http://localhost . >> >> The following for example: >> >> from mod_python import apache >> >> def handler(req): >> req.write("Hello World!") >> return apache.OK >> >> Frankly, I don't understand what is going on in the above. This is a bit >> different compared to what I am used to. >> >> So, my question, would you all please point me to some introductory >> resources, tutorials, books, that focus on Python programming for the web? >> I >> am eventually going to interface with some web services, notably Amazon >> Web >> Services. Also, I'd like to write some server side scripts to serve as a >> backend to some Adobe AIR apps. >> >> Any and all advice is extremely appreciated. >> >> Thanks for your time! >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Jason >> > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor