[Tutor] How to Create Webpage with Python

[Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 3:30 AM, John Cast <jdcast at stanford.edu> wrote:
> I'm in unfamiliar territory with the web stuff, but it sounds so far like I
> will generate an HTML doc every time I run my script and then somehow turn
> that HTML doc into a static site?  (My terminology is weak here I'm sure)

If you go with the static website route, you will have to:

(a) generate a reStructuredText/Markdown/HTML file that your static
site generator (like Pelican, or Nikola* <http://getnikola.com/>) will
turn into a nice, pretty website for you, or
(b) just generate one HTML file, skipping the “static site generator” part.

> Web - Currently it looks like maybe static HTML page(s) generated every time
> my script is run is the right way to go?

Yes — it’s generally easier and nicer to do this, unless you were to
run your script very, VERY often.

>           It sounds like I need a server on my desktop?
>           I need to create a site and host/serve this somehow using my
> server?

Hosting websites off a desktop can be troublesome.  Your computer must
stay on all the time (or at least at the times when the website should
be accessible), you have to get a static IP, or use a dynamic DNS
service, and that’s assuming your ISP won’t hate you for hosting a
website.  It might be better to use an actual server instead.

>           I don't need a webframework to do this?

If you’re staying with static webpages, then yes.

* disclaimer: I’m quite involved with Nikola’s development; however,
even with that aside, I believe Nikola is much more human-friendly
than Pelican.  To each their own, though.

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