Re: [Tutor] Leaving PHP for Python

2008-11-25 Thread bob gailer
Please always reply all so a copy goes to the tutor list. We all participate and learn. Jason DeBord wrote: Bob, Thanks for the reply. When I said I don't understand the above, that was just to give you guys a reference for where I am at. At my current job I rarely touch the web server. I

Re: [Tutor] Leaving PHP for Python

2008-11-25 Thread Spencer Parker
You might also want to look at Pylons...its another excellent web framework built for Python. The community around it, I feel, is better than Django. People are pretty willing to answer any and all questions you have. It gives more control to the developer as oppiosed to Django. I just switched

Re: [Tutor] Leaving PHP for Python

2008-11-25 Thread W W
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 6:43 AM, Jason DeBord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > diff

Re: [Tutor] Leaving PHP for Python

2008-11-25 Thread Kent Johnson
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 7:43 AM, Jason DeBord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > differ

Re: [Tutor] Leaving PHP for Python

2008-11-25 Thread bob gailer
Jason DeBord 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 ha

Re: [Tutor] Leaving PHP for Python

2008-11-25 Thread Don Jennings
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

Re: [Tutor] Leaving PHP for Python

2008-11-25 Thread Don Jennings
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://d

[Tutor] Leaving PHP for Python

2008-11-25 Thread Jason DeBord
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 se