[python-advocacy] Proposal for Monthly podcast series

[Michael Foord]

Tennessee Leeuwenburg wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> I would add Webware to the list, as it is rather different from the 
> others.
>
> Such a comparison would be great. I know of a comparison between Rails 
> and Django.
>
> If people could email links to any other comparisons that they know 
> of, these could be assembled into a useful resource. I believe I have 
> seen some lists of comparisons on the web before, but maybe if people 
> know of new ones, that would be useful.

I assume you have seen this?

http://nxsy.org/blog/archives/2007/06/19/unscientific-and-biased-comparison-of-django-pylons-and-turbogears

Fresh from Planet Python :-)

Michael Foord

>
> -T
>
> On 6/18/07, *Michael Foord* <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk 
> <mailto:fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Tennessee Leeuwenburg wrote:
>     > I would like to propose something, but it will require more work
>     than
>     > I can do by myself. However, I don't think it's onerous.
>     >
>     > There are now a number of articles comparing Python web frameworks,
>     > and comparing Python against the web frameworks in other apps.
>     >
>     > A website, should be created with a snappy name. (Suggestions:
>     > PythonVsWeb, PythonFrameworks). This website should contain:
>     links to
>     > all known comparison articles; two recommended frameworks; a list of
>     > email addresses where interested parties can reach real people
>     to talk
>     > to about choosing a framework; a list of websites which actually
>     use
>     > these frameworks; and links to success stories.
>
>     The 'real problem'(tm) is that when attempting to start a project
>     it is
>     really hard to evaluate the options.
>
>     What would be useful IMO is a summary of a few (I don't think two is
>     enough) of the most popular frameworks and what the main
>     differences are.
>
>     My recommendations for projects to mention (shorter list is better
>     - but
>     these are sufficiently different):
>
>     * CGI
>     * Zope
>     * Django
>     * Turbogears
>     * Pylons
>     * web.py
>
>     If people could match up their requirement to a specific framework
>     more
>     easily then the 'too many choices' problem would be reduced.
>
>     Michael Foord
>
>