"Dinesh B Vadhia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > Why do you say: "Now you didn't mention webpy before, > that makes a big difference!" ?
Because any time you change the operating environment different rules apply. That's not a Python thing that's true of all programming languages. If you operate in a particular environment (embedded systems, web, GUI, RDBMS etc) then a new set of constraints will apply. <rant on> > as soon as you include external libraries > (eg. Numpy, Scipy, webpy - and probably other web > frameworks etc. etc.) things start to fall apart (badly!). It's not so much that they fall apart but they expect the user to understand the operating environment and model and the dependencies that they are based on. Again, this is true of most languages, once you leave the standard model behind you have to work with the library's constraints. To pick the webpy example, it is one of several Python web frameworks, but its not one I have used. I've used Zope(briefly! - too heavy for me), TurboGears (I like it a lot) and am currently toying with Django (which seems promising). But I've also used raw CGI and the Java JSP/Struts framework and frankly they are all broadly similar in concept. The differences in framework are minor compared to the differences between web programming and CLI programming. Of course in the Open Source world many of these Frameworks are less than perfectly documented. One of my primary selection criteria for any Framework but especially OpenvSource is that there must be good quality (and preferrably independantly written dead tree type) documentation. Without that you will be expected to learn by example and experiment rather than from a properly written specification, so you expect some pain. But then again, it diodn't cost you any $$$ so you pay in another way... Time is money etc. -- Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
