[Pythonmac-SIG] [newbie] Question about mod_psp with Apache and MacPython 2.3.x under 10.2.6

[Marlon A. Griffith]

Thanks for your pointers Bob.
	I did not realize that psp had not been worked on for that 
long. Last thing, I did read was that it was rolled into mod_python. 
I will explore the other options.

At 2:50 PM -0500 11/7/03, Bob Ippolito wrote:
>On Nov 7, 2003, at 2:36 PM, Marlon A. Griffith wrote:
>
>>Hello there,
>>	I am testing the waters with this my first post. I like php 
>>for web development and came across mod_psp, which has an embedded 
>>structure like php. It is experimental, but functional for the 
>>author. I believe under linux.
>>	The procedure was to compile the module and install it under 
>>apache. Does anyone have any experience with this module or 
>>compiling python modules for apache using MacPython 2.3.x libraries 
>>as the core?
>>
>>Please Note: I can post the details but wanted to test the waters 
>>before sending all the error messages and modified files, etc.
>
>While it would work in theory, especially because OS X (except for 
>server, at least) still uses Apache 1.3.x, you shouldn't use this. 
>The author hasn't touched it in 7 months (according to sf.net CVS), 
>it doesn't have a proper webpage, the only release I could find was 
>only available from one of the author's blog entries (not even on 
>sf), etc.
>
>There are many other solutions you should consider, such as Zope, 
>WebWare, mod_python, etc. that can be used in a similar fashion. 
>But then again, design patterns "like php" are being moved away 
>from, because code and display markup in the same file breaks down 
>really fast, isn't very extensible, and doesn't really provide a lot 
>of opportunities for optimization.   Even ASP.NET encourages you to 
>put all of your application logic in the "codebehind" and use the 
>aspx file for display issues only.  So perhaps you should consider 
>learning one of the other design patterns for web application design 
>instead of trying to "do php in python".  Besides, it's extremely 
>easy to find PHP hosting, and much harder to find any non-CGI Python 
>hosting (unless you're willing to pay good money for it, to get a 
>dedicated server or the like), so maybe sticking with PHP is just a 
>better option for web applications with that kind of approach.
>
>-bob

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