Web server with Python

[Graham Fawcett]

Andrew Bennetts wrote:

>On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 08:18:25PM +0200, Patrick Useldinger wrote:
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>>On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 15:43:30 +1000, Andrew Bennetts
>><andrew-twisted at puzzling.org> wrote:
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>>>Eek!  Does 1.0.7 (just released) work any better?  Also, what platform are
>>>you using, and are you installing from the source .tar.gz or something else?
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>>I didn't try 1.0.7, didn't even know that it was out. 
>>I am on a WinXP box and used the prebuild binaries.
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>Ah, ok.  The prebuild binaries for Windows only work on one version, and I
>think the Windows maintainer has chosen to only support 2.2.  You're welcome
>to build your own from the source, or try to convince someone on IRC to
>build 2.3 binaries for you ;)
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>Also, you don't need a compiler to use Twisted.  The C extensions are
>entirely optional, and just provide some optimisations over some of the
>equivalent pure python modules, but most users would probably never notice
>the difference.
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>>I have started digging into Medusa right now... and stay focused on
>>that one until I have a blocking problem or I get bored ;-)
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<insert clever joke about 
no-"blocking"-problems-in-an-asycn-select-based-web-server here>

If you'd like to use Medusa with less digging and much less boredom, I'd 
encourage you to check out the Quixote Web app framework, which runs 
beautifully on  Win32/Medusa (as well as a number of other front ends, 
including Twisted).

Personally I think it's nice to be able to write app code against a 
(lean, mean and delightful) framework, while maintaining the right to 
choose and switch between a range of Web servers. That's good separation 
of concerns.

Quixote has a shiny new advocacy site at http://quixote.ca/ and is 
available for download at http://www.mems-exchange.org/software/quixote/ .

>We'll be waiting ;)
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If Patrick gives Quixote a try, you might be waiting a while.  <double-wink>

Best wishes to all,

-- Graham