Added-value of frameworks?

[Matimus]

On Feb 4, 8:08 am, Gilles Ganault <nos... at nospam.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> If I wanted to build some social web site such as Facebook, what do
> frameworks like Django or TurboGears provide over writing a site from
> scratch using Python?
>
> Thank you for your feedback.

Why not just look at the frameworks themselves and see what they have
to offer. Django and Turbogears both have pretty good tutorials. You
can be up and running in 20 minutes with each one. You be the judge.

The frameworks provide a lot of boilerplate code that I would rather
not write. They are probably more secure and scalable than something I
would come up with. You also get many extras for free. I think in both
of the frameworks you mention you get an administrative back end for
free. Other people have created apps/plugins that you can use with
those frameworks. So, for example, you might be able to borrow the
code to help you add a forum to your site.

I'm not sure I know the advantage of not using a framework. Unless "I
get to write more code" is an advantage. Creating your own framework
might be fun, but if you really just want a website don't do more work
than you need to.

Matt