what is best for web development??

[ketulp_baroda at yahoo.com]

We're not considering a self-contained Web application, including the
Web server itself. The Web server could be any Apache , IIS or the
python ones. It depends on the customer.

claird at lairds.com (Cameron Laird) wrote in message news:<100b4qoeeeq7d57 at corp.supernews.com>...
> In article <6ee58e07.0401140638.672d50a7 at posting.google.com>,
> Lothar Scholz <llothar at web.de> wrote:
> >graham__fawcett at hotmail.com (Graham Fawcett) wrote in message
> >news:<e9570f37.0401121052.ed79710 at posting.google.com>...
> >> Wilk <wilkSPAM at OUTflibuste.net> wrote in message news:<87oet9grqy.fsf at blakie.
>  
> >> If it has to be a one-shot install, I would suggest a Web server
> >> written in Python -- Medusa or Twisted, probably -- that you could
> >> bundle with your Python app. Find a Web app framework that (a) works
> >> on Medusa or Twisted and (b) has the templating features you
> >> require/desire.
> >
> >I would not recommend this. A distribution with an own apache server
> >seems to be the best. It is easy to hide the setup and the customers
> >know that there is a good working technologie behind the scenes. And
> >it can be managed by every normal administrator. This is a very
> >important point for larger customers.
> >
> >I would recommend webware+Fun Form Kit+cheeta together with apache.
> 
> I'm unsure what you're recommending.  We're considering a self-contained
> Web application, including the Web server itself.  Are you proposing:
> 1.  An installer which does a conventional Apache 
>     installation, except with enough stuff confi-
>     gured so it comes up in a safe state, PLUS
>     a separate installation segment just for the
>     Python-based part; or
> 2.  A custom installer which knows internal details
>     of both Apache and the Python-based application?
> 
> What advantage do you see for either of these over the pure-Python ap-
> proach suggested above?  Is your point that customers feel more 
> comfortable with "Apache inside"?