[python-nl] Django or something else ?

[Rick van Hattem]

On Tuesday 03 March 2009 20:46, Stef Mientki wrote:
> hello,
>
> I'm looking for a way to make web applications,
> especially (medical) questionnaires / surveys.
>
> At the last PUN meeting in Arnhem,
> I asked a few people, and they all told me that Django would be the way
> to go.
> The most important argument was that the Django support / community was
> the largest.
>
> When I look at the web,
> both Django and Web2Py seems to have about the same capabilities.
> In comparisons Web2Py looks something better, but these comparisons are
> often coloured.
>
> The past days the number of mails in the Web2Py newsgroups is about
> twice as large as in the Django newsgroup.
> About Web2Py, I can buy a book, and didn't found any book about Django.
> I've downloaded both,
> still couldn't get Django working after 15 minutes,
> while Web2Py worked in less than 5 minutes.
>
> What am I missing ?
>
> thanks,
> Stef Mientki
>
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A mailinglist doesn't say everything about community site, but it can be a 
nice indication. 

I usually use Google trends to get a usage comparison. This is not a sure way 
to measure usage, but it should give a nice indication about the usage.
Here's a link: 
http://www.google.com/trends?q=django%2C+web2py%2C+turbogears%2C+zope%2C+pylons&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

These numbers might be pretty skewed because Django (Reinhardt) was a very 
popular guitarist.


As for books, where did you look?
Amazon has 101 results for Django: 
http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1236110729/ref=sr_nr_n_0?ie=UTF8&rs=1000&keywords=django&bbn=5&rnid=1000&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Adjango%2Ci%3Astripbooks%2Cn%3A5
Amazon has 2 results for Web2Py: 
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=node%3D5&field-keywords=web2py&x=0&y=0


I think you are missing a clear comparison here, have a look at both 
frameworks (or possibly, more, there are others) and think about what 
features you will need. Which framework suits your needs better?

-- 
Rick van Hattem	Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl
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