<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto">> recomment a framework which has all the layers already integrated. Take<BR>> a look at <A style="RIGHT: auto" href="http://www.web2py.com/" target=_blank><FONT style="RIGHT: auto" color=#0066cc>http://www.web2py.com</FONT></A>, I think it's quite powerful and has<BR>> good documentation.<BR>> If you want to get your hands dirty you can compose your own "framework"<BR>> cherrypy+sqlalchemy+cheetah might be a good combination.<BR>> <BR><BR>How does web2py compare to django? I just started playing with django,<BR>but don't know web2py<BR><BR>----<BR></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">IMHO, django is suitable for CMS kind of apps.</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">AFAIK, originally it was written for a newspaper website, subsequently it has grown over the time.</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">I have tried turbogears(TG)<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR>, django & web2py.</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">TG is like picking all good eggs from different open source projects. It integrates sqlalchemy, genshi, cheetah, pylons, for sql abstraction layer, templating system, web server respectively.</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">One can choose other options also, if desired.</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">-1 for TG is its complexity and not-so-good docs, too many dependencies.</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">django has very good docs & active community.</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">It is better in terms of simplicity & dependency as compared to TG.</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">web2py is vastly flexible, no dependencies, no installation required, just plug & play, very good community & docs.</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Honestly, I did not find any -1 for web2py.</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Of course, one has to form his/her own opinion.</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">On stackoverflow.com, there are plenty of threads which compare the python frameworks.</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">:-)</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">---Vineet</div></div></body></html>