> > Amen. I don't mean to slam the work of any web framework developers, > > but you can't overestimate how much it helps just-beginning web > > developers to see a unified framework, or at least a good website that > > directs them to one particular way to do things. > > this is what i dont understand; whats so hard about doing a little > research ? why do people need to be told only one way of doing things > ? python is not the the mcdonalds of computer languages...its > sophisticated and thoughtful. If youre dealing with a thoughtful and > sophisticated community, you need to approach it in a more thoughtful > and sophisticated way. its reasonable to expect the community to > work up some standards for interoperability....but less so to present a > monolithic one-size-fits-all methodology to the masses so that nobody > need be bothered with some thinking and decision making. that just > dulls the community down to its most unsophisticated level and insures > only the most mediocre outcomes.
Let me put it this way: I've spent weeks and weeks researching many many python frameworks, but never found one that seemed proven in terms of adoption by a large number of high-traffic sites. And since you can never really learn how good a framework is until you try it out, this information gathering had a tremendous cost! That cost slows down the entire community and keeps people out -- at some level, it's good just to have popularity among simple web developers, not just the people willing to hack around and create new frameworks. -Brendan > _______________________________________________ > Web-SIG mailing list > Web-SIG@python.org > Web SIG: http://www.python.org/sigs/web-sig > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/web-sig/brendan.t.oconnor%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Web-SIG mailing list Web-SIG@python.org Web SIG: http://www.python.org/sigs/web-sig Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/web-sig/archive%40mail-archive.com