Thanks for the various replies. They all seem to lead to a lot more learning. I thought Python was supposed to make it easy to build web apps. It appears after going thru the learning curve for Python I need to learn unix, a framework, brush up on HTML and so on. It's like being caught in a spider web of web sites with endless tools. And the sites assume everyone knows the lingo - just connect the cgi to the mod_python and install to apache setting the path to ... - sure. Someone should invent a way to automate all this. My python app fully describes the UI and behaviour so it seems possible. Or at least the sites should learn how to write to a broader audience so they can be understood by newbies. Here's hoping for an easier future :-)
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