[XML-SIG] Python / XML / XSLT vs. Cocoon for website server side

[Craeg K Strong]

I went through a similar decision process last November.  I wrote up the 
results here:

http://www.arielpartners.com/arielpartners/content/public/topics/technology/technologyReviews/zopeVsCocoon

Although it is dated, the basic conclusions are still valid IMO.   Both 
products have gotten significantly better
since then.   There are also other python-based frameworks I have 
learned about since that time that probably
should have been part of the evaluation, such as Twisted and 4Suite.

Hope this helps,

--Craeg

Richard Johannesson wrote:

>>>I am laying out a new medium size website that I was hoping I could use
>>>Python / XML on the server side. This is a brand new site, no e-commerce
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>>>first, but will add later. Site will need the blog, wiki, group calendar,
>>>and other basic features. The size of site will initially about 50 pages,
>>>but should grow quickly to few thousand pages. Much of the content will
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>>>produced by users. So, main concern is being able to apply stylesheets to
>>>content to keep a consistent look.
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>>>Key decisions:
>>> - All HTML generation done via XSLT
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>>You may also want to consider straight Python.  You could use
>>Python code that works from the XML DOM (e.g. minidom).  There are
>>also several solutions that will turn an XML document into a
>>specialized DOM where the classes (and the instances that form the
>>DOM tree) reflect the elements and tags in the XML source document.
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>This might be a good alternative. After dismissing the Java/Cocoon route,
>I'm looking at the different html/XML libraries available in Python. Trying
>to decide which ones should be used.
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