Sample Web application (Re: Python vs PHP)

[Paul Rubin]

"A.M. Kuchling" <amk at amk.ca> writes:
> The Java Pet Store was suggested, but it was pointed out that it's a very
> large application, requiring too much effort for an author to do in their
> spare time.  

Heh, the point of doing it in Python is it should take much less time
than doing it in Java :).

>       * Should be implementable in a few evenings

Good

>       * Should exercise a reasonable set of features.
>       	* HTML generation (duh!)
> 	* Accepting a form

Accepting a very long form (i.e. megabytes of POST data)

> 	* Returning non-HTML files (generating a GIF, say)
>       	* Sessions
> 	* Uploading a file
> 	* RDBMS access?  (That's more a function of the DB-API module you're 
> 	  using, but a framework might provide support for pooling 
> 	  connections or something similar.)

Yes, this should be included, lack of a standard DB API module is a
serious Python deficiency and any DB-using app needs to work around
the deficiency somehow.

> 	* Other suggestions?
> 	
> Possibilities:
> * A Wiki?
> * A multiple-user weblog?
> * A Slashdot-like discussion board?
> * A simple content manager -- upload files, set permissions on them,
>   control access to them, and download them again.
> * A simple browse-a-catalog-and-buy-things store?
> * Other suggestions?

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