Tim, > I've used WebStack[1] for this in the past. It allows for stand-alone serving > as well as plugging nicely into various "real" servers (apache+mod_python, > etc) with a small tweak in how it's configured.
Thanks for that recommendation. > I'm not sure what caused the slowness you've experienced (... with running > local versions of Python web servers) Thanks to a past post by "Christoph Zwerschke" <c...@online.de>, I was able to identify the problem. Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7) tries to do a IPV6 connection which times out after a second followed by an IPV4 connection which is almost instantaneous. Apparently this is a known problem that is a Windows issue [1] - not a Python problem. Two workarounds: 1. Use 127.0.0.1 as your URL vs. localhost -OR- 2. Edit your Windows hosts file (c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) and create a virtual domain name, eg. put the following on a line by itself: 127.0.0.1 mydomain.someext And then use mydomain.someext vs. localhost Note: Editing your hosts file requires admin rights under Vista and Windows 7. Regards, Malcolm [1] http://schotime.net/blog/index.php/2008/05/27/slow-tcpclient-connection-sockets/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
