Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-06 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Paul Boddie a écrit : > Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > >>To make a long story short, my opinion is that the only sensible thing >>to do with Windows is to wipe it out and install an OS instead. > > > If you're convinced you won't be running Windows, why deal with the > problem so late in the game?

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-04 Thread Ben Sizer
Cliff Wells wrote: > On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 22:25 -0700, Luis M. González wrote: > > IMHO the best way of using mod_python is with its publisher handler. > > It let's you code your applications in a MVC (model view controller) > > style. > > While I agree (or at least consider the point moot) that t

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-03 Thread Cliff Wells
On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 09:49 +0200, Sybren Stuvel wrote: > Cliff Wells enlightened us with: > > 1) PostgreSQL fans are perhaps a bit paranoid about claims of MySQL > > being better. There used to be a tiny bit of truth in this claim > > for certain applications (mostly relating to performance and e

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-03 Thread Cliff Wells
On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 15:51 +0200, paul kölle wrote: > Cliff Wells wrote: > > > For myself, I handle user-installation of TurboGears pretty much like I > > do all user-installed Python packages: using setuptools. Any user who > > uses easy_install or 'python setup.py install' gets their packages

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-03 Thread Paul Boddie
Cliff Wells wrote: > On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 23:13 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler wrote: > > Another one is that it seems (here I go again :) that there is something > > like a marriage between Python and PostgreSQL (or in other words, that > > Python fans that develop web apps have a tendency to favor Postg

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-03 Thread paul kölle
Cliff Wells wrote: > For myself, I handle user-installation of TurboGears pretty much like I > do all user-installed Python packages: using setuptools. Any user who > uses easy_install or 'python setup.py install' gets their packages > automatically installed into a subdirectory of their home dir

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-02 Thread Cliff Wells
On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 23:13 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler wrote: > Thanks, that's one of the conclusions to which I also came. That final > question was missing, even though I felt it was implied. I really had no > clue that this is such a touchy subject. Every opinion in technology seems to be touchy

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-02 Thread Gerhard Fiedler
On 2006-08-02 22:17:38, Cliff Wells wrote: > On the other hand, had I appended "So I'd like some other opinions > because I don't know." to the end, it would probably cut the irritation > down considerably (or at least be in a much more defensible position if > it didn't). Thanks, that's one of t

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-02 Thread Cliff Wells
On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 10:46 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler wrote: > On 2006-08-02 00:51:28, Conrad wrote: > > > Which begins "A few years ago" > > Exactly. Isn't this a good start for honesty? It doesn't claim to state > anything up to date. > > It continues "I did some research", "some" being a very c

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-02 Thread Paul Boddie
Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > > To make a long story short, my opinion is that the only sensible thing > to do with Windows is to wipe it out and install an OS instead. If you're convinced you won't be running Windows, why deal with the problem so late in the game? Instead, order a system from a ve

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-02 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Luis M. González a écrit : (snip). > I guess that the reason for not having used a framework already is > laziness... Strange enough, laziness is my first reason for using frameworks ;-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-02 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Conrad a écrit : > On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:14:03 +0200, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > > >>northband wrote: >> >>>Hi, I am interested in re-writing my website in Python vs PHP but have a >>>few questions. Here are my specs, please advise as to which >>>configuration would be best: >>> >>>1.Dell Powe

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-02 Thread Cliff Wells
On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 23:26 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler wrote: > Or is there something in PostgreSQL that makes its users acidic? :) Well, ACID is popular in PostgreSQL circles. Cliff -- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-01 Thread Conrad
ther you somehow got it all completely wrong, or > you responded to the wrong message. > > Or is there something in PostgreSQL that makes its users acidic? :) > > Gerhard Well, maybe so - I followed up to this message: Subject: Re: Using Python for my web site From: Ge

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-01 Thread Gerhard Fiedler
On 2006-08-01 21:04:07, Conrad wrote: >> A few years ago I did some research, and the result was that while >> PostgreSQL was claimed to have more features and a better design, the >> reports of database corruption seemed to have been more frequent than with >> MySQL. > I can't claim to have don

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-01 Thread Conrad
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:12:56 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler wrote: > On 2006-07-31 15:00:15, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > >> In fact, the real question IMHO is: what would MySQL advantage over >> PostgreSQL be ?-) > > A few years ago I did some research, and the result was that while > PostgreSQL was cl

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-01 Thread Conrad
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:14:03 +0200, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > northband wrote: >> Hi, I am interested in re-writing my website in Python vs PHP but have a >> few questions. Here are my specs, please advise as to which >> configuration would be best: >> >> 1.Dell Poweredge Server, w/IIS, curren

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-01 Thread Cameron Laird
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, northband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Just spoke with my department and looks like we still want to go with a >server scripting method. Although MVC may be better fit, for the sake >of the learning curve, we want to use a PSP style method. .

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-01 Thread Cliff Wells
On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 06:38 -0700, Luis M. González wrote: > Well... yes, you're right. > I guess that the reason for not having used a framework already is > laziness... Trust me, I'm quite familiar with the laziness problem =) > I have experience with Karrigell, which rocks too, but it lacks s

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-01 Thread Cliff Wells
On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 10:41 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler wrote: > On 2006-08-01 04:11:18, Cliff Wells wrote: > > > You say that you haven't tried Django or any other Python framework. > > Perhaps you should. You seem to have at least the start of the right > > idea about web application organization, s

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-01 Thread Gerhard Fiedler
On 2006-08-01 04:11:18, Cliff Wells wrote: > You say that you haven't tried Django or any other Python framework. > Perhaps you should. You seem to have at least the start of the right > idea about web application organization, so I think you'd be pleasantly > surprised with what you'll find alre

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-01 Thread Luis M. González
Cliff Wells wrote: > On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 22:25 -0700, Luis M. González wrote: > > I don't have experience with Django or any other python framework, but > > I have used bare-bones mod_python and it rocks. > > I wouldn't use PSP though... > > It is not very polished, and they way it handles the "

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-01 Thread northband
Awesome response, thanks. I am definitely interested in the MVC and am looking into it now. Yes, we are migrating to Python mainly because we want unicode support, more stability, and faster performance than what we are getting now. We were going to move to php but seem python is the better choic

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-01 Thread Paul Boddie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > northband wrote: > > [Specifications] > > I am trying to have the fastest page loads, averaging 100 items per > > result page. I have read about using Apache's mod_python so I could > > use PSP. Any help or tips are appreciated. > > So if I'm reading this correctly: y

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-01 Thread bryanjugglercryptographer
northband wrote: > Hi, I am interested in re-writing my website in Python vs PHP but have > a few questions. Here are my specs, please advise as to which > configuration would be best: > > 1.Dell Poweredge Server, w/IIS, currently Windows but considering > FreeBSD > 2. Site consists of result page

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-08-01 Thread Cliff Wells
On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 22:25 -0700, Luis M. González wrote: > I don't have experience with Django or any other python framework, but > I have used bare-bones mod_python and it rocks. > I wouldn't use PSP though... > It is not very polished, and they way it handles the "indentation > problem" in pyth

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread Luis M. González
I don't have experience with Django or any other python framework, but I have used bare-bones mod_python and it rocks. I wouldn't use PSP though... It is not very polished, and they way it handles the "indentation problem" in python is a little bit confussing. IMHO the best way of using mod_python

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread Cliff Wells
On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 21:57 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler wrote: > On 2006-07-31 18:23:17, Cliff Wells wrote: > > > My point is to stop FUD right at that comment. I don't doubt your > > research from "a few years ago", but ancient research is entirely > > irrelevant for making a decision *today*. > > T

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread Gerhard Fiedler
On 2006-07-31 18:23:17, Cliff Wells wrote: > My point is to stop FUD right at that comment. I don't doubt your > research from "a few years ago", but ancient research is entirely > irrelevant for making a decision *today*. That's exactly the reason why I added this information. It might not be f

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
northband a écrit : > Just spoke with my department and looks like we still want to go with a > server scripting method. Although MVC may be better fit, for the sake > of the learning curve, we want to use a PSP style method. I really don't think the learning curve will be a problem. We learned

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread Cliff Wells
On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 15:06 -0700, northband wrote: > Makes sense, I will follow your advice. Sounds like more time invest > upfront will equal time saved over the long run. I am defitely > interested in proxy caching and load balancing. Which do you > recommend? I have used #Pound while workin

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
northband a écrit : > So seems the best approach would be a MVC model rather than server > scripting? This is still "server-scripting" - at least since on the server-side and is done with something frequently labelled as a "script language" !-) > Currently our site is built with a closed sourc

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
northband schrieb: > So seems the best approach would be a MVC model rather than server > scripting? Currently our site is built with a closed source hypertext > preprocessor much like PHP. So it would be easier for us to script > another site, but if we would gain performance via a MVC model, th

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Gerhard Fiedler a écrit : > On 2006-07-31 15:00:15, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > > >>In fact, the real question IMHO is: what would MySQL advantage over >>PostgreSQL be ?-) > > > A few years ago I did some research, and the result was that while > PostgreSQL was claimed to have more features a

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread northband
Makes sense, I will follow your advice. Sounds like more time invest upfront will equal time saved over the long run. I am defitely interested in proxy caching and load balancing. Which do you recommend? I have used #Pound while working for a university. -Adam Cliff Wells wrote: > On Mon, 20

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread Cliff Wells
On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 14:40 -0700, northband wrote: > Just spoke with my department and looks like we still want to go with a > server scripting method. Although MVC may be better fit, for the sake > of the learning curve, we want to use a PSP style method. I'm with the others who suggest using a

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread northband
Just spoke with my department and looks like we still want to go with a server scripting method. Although MVC may be better fit, for the sake of the learning curve, we want to use a PSP style method. So as of now we are looking at using FreeBSD, MySQL, and some form of Python that will allow us t

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread Cliff Wells
On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 17:58 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler wrote: > On 2006-07-31 17:28:00, Cliff Wells wrote: > > >> I assume you don't agree... :) > > > > I certainly don't. [...] > > > Also, saying "a few years ago I did some research" in software terms is > > pretty much equivalent to saying "I don

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread northband
So seems the best approach would be a MVC model rather than server scripting? Currently our site is built with a closed source hypertext preprocessor much like PHP. So it would be easier for us to script another site, but if we would gain performance via a MVC model, then that's what we need. I

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread Gerhard Fiedler
On 2006-07-31 17:28:00, Cliff Wells wrote: >> I assume you don't agree... :) > > I certainly don't. [...] > Also, saying "a few years ago I did some research" in software terms is > pretty much equivalent to saying "I don't know". Exactly. So what's your point with this comment? I stated what

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread Cliff Wells
On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 17:12 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler wrote: > On 2006-07-31 15:00:15, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > > > In fact, the real question IMHO is: what would MySQL advantage over > > PostgreSQL be ?-) > > A few years ago I did some research, and the result was that while > PostgreSQL was c

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread Gerhard Fiedler
On 2006-07-31 15:00:15, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > In fact, the real question IMHO is: what would MySQL advantage over > PostgreSQL be ?-) A few years ago I did some research, and the result was that while PostgreSQL was claimed to have more features and a better design, the reports of databas

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
northband wrote: > Thanks for the info. Reason why we are interested in PSP is because we > think our developers would be able to quickly adapt to the migration, > they are familiar with php and asp. Yes, I guessed it had do to with something like this. OTOH, the ServerPage model can quickly lead

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread northband
Thanks for the info. Reason why we are interested in PSP is because we think our developers would be able to quickly adapt to the migration, they are familiar with php and asp. I agree on the windows webserver, we are looking into using FreeBSD instead. What would postgre's advantage over MySQL

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
northband wrote: > Hi, I am interested in re-writing my website in Python vs PHP but have > a few questions. Here are my specs, please advise as to which > configuration would be best: > > 1.Dell Poweredge Server, w/IIS, currently Windows but considering > FreeBSD I may be a bit biased, but I wou

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread northband
Thanks I will look into it. -Adam Norman Khine wrote: > northband wrote: > > Hi, I am interested in re-writing my website in Python vs PHP but have > > a few questions. Here are my specs, please advise as to which > > configuration would be best: > > > > 1.Dell Poweredge Server, w/IIS, currentl

Re: Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread Norman Khine
northband wrote: > Hi, I am interested in re-writing my website in Python vs PHP but have > a few questions. Here are my specs, please advise as to which > configuration would be best: > > 1.Dell Poweredge Server, w/IIS, currently Windows but considering > FreeBSD > 2. Site consists of result pages

Using Python for my web site

2006-07-31 Thread northband
Hi, I am interested in re-writing my website in Python vs PHP but have a few questions. Here are my specs, please advise as to which configuration would be best: 1.Dell Poweredge Server, w/IIS, currently Windows but considering FreeBSD 2. Site consists of result pages for auctions and items for sa