[web_framework] Basic Question regarding web framework

[Francis Lavoie]

Hello

I have some questions regarding webframework, I must say that I quite 
lost and these questions are basicly to help me understand the way it work.

I have some knowledge with PHP and JSP.

I have looked for a python web framework to build a web site, a site 
that I had start in php (and quite finish), but for some reason I wont 
explain, I lost everything. I have started writting app with python 6 
months ago and I fall in love with the language (if I can say that ;-)
Now I'm looking to rebuild that site again, but I would prefer to use 
python instead. For learning purpose and because I chose python as my 
language of choice to write apps, that way I would extend my knowledge 
to other project.

Firstly, I have question regarding the way it work. I see that there's a 
bunch of web framework, zope, webware, Skunkweb, etc...
But on the webware website I see that they want to port the framework to 
web-SIG. I read both site but I'm still not sure how it work.
What are exactly all these framework? are they all different version of 
framework that use python as synthax but work diffenrently, like if 
there where different version of php only using similar synthax?
Or is it the Web-SIG that dictate the 'language' and all these framework 
are what tomcat is for JSP?

 Secondly, I would like to receive any advice on which webframe is best.
I will build a website with an online store and it should be quite busy.
Is webware is a good choice?
Can I use ZODB outside ZOPE? and is this database is appropriate for 
large amount of treatement or should I stick with another database?
Because I had very good feedback on how powerful and easy ZODB was and 
it's object oriented data manipulation.

Thank you

Francis Lavoie