On 12/26/13 12:57 AM, Fredrik Bertilsson wrote:
I am evaluating Python for web development and just found out that I need to restart Apache after source changes on windows. Using linux the situation is better but I still have to touch the wsgi file. Is it only me that finds this being a major drawback compared to PHP?
In general, PHP is more tightly integrated into web servers than Python is. Python's advantages are 1) a more disciplined and carefully planned language and standard library, and 2) a larger and broader ecosystem of libraries, especially for tasks not directly related to serving web pages.
As to restarting servers after source changes: most people do not change file directly on their production servers. They develop on their own machines, test the code, then deploy it to a production server. In this scenario, restarting the web server is not a burden.
I don't know what the options are for auto-restarting the kinds of web servers you'd use in production, I'm sure there are some. Someone here mentioned the Django web server, but that isn't intended for production use.
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