Python Noob - a couple questions involving a web app

[Kyle Terry]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 8:24 AM, David Smith <dns4 at cornell.edu> wrote:

> Kyle T. Jones wrote:
> > Bruno Desthuilliers, my dear, dear friend, there was this time, oh,
> > 4/29/2009 3:02 AM or thereabouts, when you let the following craziness
> > loose on Usenet:
> >> Kyle T. Jones a écrit :
> >>> Been programming for a long time, but just starting out with Python.
> >>> Not a professional programmer, just that guy in one of those
> >>> organizations that won't hire a pro, instead saying "Hey, Kyle knows
> >>> computer stuff - let's have him do this (and that, and the other,
> etc)".
> >>>
> >>> So, the higher ups want a web app that'll let them enter (from an
> >>> intranet page) a rather simple, but quite lengthy, list - details to
> >>> be stored in a MySQL database... just normal stuff here, entering,
> >>> editing, and deleting entries, sorting, etc.
> >>>
> >>> On the internet side of things, folks get the info served up to them,
> >>> can sort it in a few ways, etc - it's pretty basic stuff.
> >>>
> >> (snip)
> >>
> >> I can only second Arnaud and Emile : Django is very probably what
> >> you're looking for, and by all means better than any PHP thingie -
> >> wrt/ both development time and security.
> >>
> >> You'll indeed first have to learn the framework (and Python of
> >> course), and learn how to deploy your app in production (which can be
> >> a bit tricky if you're not familiar with server admin), but there's a
> >> good documentation and a very helpful community around both the Django
> >> framework and the Python language.
> >>
> >
> > Thanks everyone!  Wow, pretty much a consensus - a rarity with these
> > "types" of questions, at least in my experience.
> >
> > Ok, sounds like I need to be looking at Django.  Thanks for the advice!
> >
> > Cheers!
>
> Consensus?! ... that just won't do. :-)
>
> I've started with Pylons and have found it very nice.  Loose enough to
> tinker with the inner workings but complete and working right out of the
> box (or paster in Pylons case).
>
> --David
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This Kyle T. is starting with Python as well.
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