[Chicago] The Casual Web Programmer

[Adrian Holovaty]

Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a web development environment that meets these
> requirements: 
> [...]
> 1) Python enabled
> 2) Very fast learning curve for the web non-specialist
> 3) Excellent runtime performance
> 4) Compatible with Restructured Text (nice to have)
> 5) Ease of maintenance
> 6) Tools for browser-side scripting for AJAX-like look (nice to have)

Hey Tim,

Check out Django!

http://www.djangoproject.com/

It has everything on your list except official Ajax support, but there's been 
at least one third-party open-source Ajax library, and I suspect we'll add 
something like that soon. Disclaimer: I'm lead developer.

Adrian