I only know PHP. How do I write a Web application in Python?
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Re: I only know PHP. How do I write a Web application in Python?
#2off-topic: love the greek-lettered ordered list.
Re: I only know PHP. How do I write a Web application in Python?
#3Say wat you want of php. But it's (insert personal pejorative option) made for it.
Sure Its a_little_inconsistent AndSomewhatChaotic
But all the basics for the web are incredible accessible right away.
With every other language you have to start with a framework.
I find php easier than rails to prototype applications and do fast hacks that need a web face.
It's simply the right tool for the job on those occasions. Of course, later they become huge systems...
Re: I only know PHP. How do I write a Web application in Python?
#4Say wat you want of php. But it's (insert personal pejorative option) made for it. Sure Its a_little_inconsistent AndSomewhatChaotic But all the basics for the web are incredible accessible right away. With every other language you have to start with a framework. I find php easier than rails to prototype applications and do fast hacks that need a web face. It's simply the right tool for the job on those occasions. Of…
That's why e.g. Flask exists: it gives you the basics, plus light structure and templating and routing and XSS protection and deployment options and whatever else. With no setup and no boilerplate.
It's about as much effort as typing `<?php`.
Re: I only know PHP. How do I write a Web application in Python?
#5What's wrong with mysql?
Re: I only know PHP. How do I write a Web application in Python?
#6This guy failed to cover web.py which is one of the fastest ways to start prototyping a web app in python. =/
I personally use it for a small app which returns (and stores) search suggestions from redis.
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#7"MySQL is the PHP of databases". Strange, I just had this sentence popping in my head yesterday. I'm seriously considering writing a list of its wrong doings.
Great article overall.
Re: I only know PHP. How do I write a Web application in Python?
#8Say wat you want of php. But it's (insert personal pejorative option) made for it. Sure Its a_little_inconsistent AndSomewhatChaotic But all the basics for the web are incredible accessible right away. With every other language you have to start with a framework. I find php easier than rails to prototype applications and do fast hacks that need a web face. It's simply the right tool for the job on those occasions. Of…
That's a nice sentiment that's completely inaccurate. Even 6 years ago when I first started programming Python, simple Python cgi scripts were very easy to write. It's as simple as:
print """\
Content-type: text/html
..."""
Re: I only know PHP. How do I write a Web application in Python?
#9"MySQL is the PHP of databases". Strange, I just had this sentence popping in my head yesterday. I'm seriously considering writing a list of its wrong doings. Great article overall.
I'd be interested in reading that list!
Re: I only know PHP. How do I write a Web application in Python?
#10I'd say the necessity of this post is why PHP is as popular as it is. With PHP, there are no package managers I have to install; there is no template language to learn; there is often no version control; there is no "framework"; etc. You just drop in a .php file and, most likely, it will just run. If I need a quick dynamic page on my server, it's much easier to do this in PHP than in Python or Ruby.
Until Python or Ruby have that kind of simplicity, they can't overtake PHP. While it might not be the kind of design that leads to well-designed web apps or even good code, it is the kind of design that leads to more — especially less technical, or, like me, lazy — users. It's up to the developers of those languages if this is even a market they want. There may need to be something new to do the same job as PHP, but better, without the innumerable warts.