On 5 March 2010 04:37, Giorgio <anothernetfel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > as you all probably know i'm using the Google App Engine platform for my > python code. > > As I learn python i try to understand more and more how GAE works. Today > i've noticed that all applications on GAE are running on WSGI. A quick > Google search told me that WSGI is a new standard for web applications, > developed by python. > > So, I decided to try it. With Apache. > > I found that Apache has a dedicated mod, mod_wsgi to handle this type of > requests. But, as I always try to be "platform/daemon indipended" i've > looked for other solutions. I found WSGIREF that as wsgi.org states > "includes a threaded HTTP server, a CGI server (for running any WSGI > application as a CGI script)". > > So it seems that wsgiref, that is actually included in python, can "convert" > my apps to work with a standard CGI interface (in other words, working with > EVERY server that supports CGI not only with apache and his dedicated mod). > Can you confirm this?
WSGI is based on CGI, so I imagine that it's not too difficult to have a wrapper that converts between the protocols. I haven't tried wsgiref, though. > Do you have any idea i should use mod_wsgi instead of wsgiref + mod_cgi? >From your application's perspective, if it talks WSGI it shouldn't make any difference. But if you're using GAE, what good will it do to have a local Apache server anyway? Cheers, benno _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
