Simon Faulkner wrote: >>Yep, and it's pretty good too. Why do you ask? > > > I often need to write small, simple databases and have friends 'foaming' > about RoR. > > If TurboGears can give me pretty much what RoR would but will also allow > me to use my (pathetic) Python skills then I will invest some time > having a go...
RoR and TG share the explict MVC model as a one-size-fits-all approach to web development, which may or may not be a bad thing depending on your application I guess. TG does seem to provide everything you need to write a complex web application, and it does provide a huge amount of the scaffolding for you. The design decisions seem to be reasonable ones, and they've taken a very pragmatic approach as far as I can tell. The KID templating language is a good one, Cherrypy has so far provided all the features i need from the environment, and I am pleasantly surprised by SQLObject. I think the great advantage of the explicit MVC model (and I believe RoR is basically the same here) is that it's very obvious where things go. MVC Is used as something of a Golden Hammer in both applications, which ultimately will lead to issues I suspect - however compared to current "enterprise" offerings (i.e Java) it's very lightly architected. Performance is acceptable, and with a postgres or mysql back-end you should be able to scale horizontally for larger applications, although I bet you'll be on the bleeding edge right now if you try that. Cheers, Doug. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Isotoma, Open Source Software Consulting Tel: 020 7620 1446 / Mobile: 07879 423002 / Fax: 020 79006980 Skype: dougwinter / http://www.isotoma.com Lincoln House, 75 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7HS _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
