[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Please let me state off the cuff that I'm not after a big "Python Vs > Ruby" war or anything here! I'm trying to make the switch to Python for > my web development work as I've been using it for quite some time for > other programming work (albeit mainly hobby and personal interest > projects) as I'm getting to the stage where the need for a real MVC > capable language framework is a must simply to save some time and PHP > just isn't cutting it (although CakePHP is all right and the new Zend > framework looks to hold some promise). > > Here's where I'm in a pickle! I would prefer to stick with Python as I > am enjoying it BUT Ruby on Rails is simply too hard to deny a look in. > The ease that it provides in generating scaffolding and the intuitive > templating engine is just plain good, adding in to this the RadRails > Eclipse plugin for a beautiful IDE (I know, I know how great > vim/emacs/whatever is but still, if RadRails is going to save some time > frankly I'm liking it already!). I'm aware that Pylons is trying to > compete with Rails in the near future but I'm just not clear on how > directly they are trying to compete...will Pylons have the same > generation functions and other time saving goodies that RoR has or am I > barking up the wrong tree? > > Basically I'm not going to abandon Python because I find it fits me > better as a language than Ruby, but when I need to be able to develop > good, stable MVC web apps in a small amount of time I don't want to be > wasting my time waiting for Python to deliver something it's just not > going to (I also forgot to mention I don't want to run on a custom > little webserver, I prefer the piece of mind I have with Apache - in > true LAMP style :P). > > So I'm asking for ANY opinions here! For datadriven web apps that need > to be able to support small and large scale distros, can Python deliver > or is RoR the way to go? > > Thanks for any help you guys throw at me!! Oh, and any examples like > current big webapps to back up a particular point of view would be > greatly appreciated too! Thanks!
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