> Knowing nothing about web design, this seems a very legal question to me. > With Python you can do everything, so why do you need Django or Web2Py > at all ?
without going over differences since this is not the appropriate place for me to speak... all web apps have something in common: - the need to map urls into function calls (dispatching) - they need to manage persistence (sessions, cookies, database, cache) - they need to be able to manipulate standard protocols including http, html, rss, json, etc. At first approximation a framework is a collection of libraries for doing those things in the proper way. Some frameworks are collections of modules written separately, some are collections developed to work together. At second approximation a framework usually has a philosophy and guides the developer to follow good software engineering practices by forcing the developer to build web apps in a modular way. You can develop web apps without a framework but there is a lot of coding to do. It would not be efficient. Just think about the problem of efficiently handling sessions, generate session cookies, retrieve the session, etc. There are many chances of doing mistakes and, if you know how to it eventually you end writing a framework yourself. Unfortunately that is what happened to some of us. > One of the selection criteria I often use, > is the support offered in discussion lists.... > ... and until now I didn't encounter the kind of answers in the web2py > list as I've seen here on this question. I do not remember you ever asking this question there but if you do again I will be happy go over more details. > just my 2 cents as another still seeking for the right answers person, > cheers, > Stef Mientki sorry for the intrusion. Massimo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
