Re: [python-uk] Web Development with Python

2005-12-15 Thread Chris Withers
Simon Faulkner wrote: > functionality because it's all raw python and cgi. If I change the > database I have to troll the whole app! Well, you are using an OO language, it is kinda up to you to take advantage of it and make sure the SQL is maintained in some central place so you can easilly ch

Re: [python-uk] Web Development with Python

2005-12-15 Thread Chris Withers
Simon Faulkner wrote: > > I have used Zope/Plone but it is quite a heavyweight solution for a > small app and quite slow unless you do a lot of caching. Well, what you say applies to Plone ;-) Zope can be pretty lightweight if you just use plane ZPT, python scripts and ZSQL methods. When build

Re: [python-uk] Web Development with Python

2005-12-15 Thread Simon Faulkner
>>functionality because it's all raw python and cgi. If I change the >>database I have to troll the whole app! > > > Well, you are using an OO language, it is kinda up to you to take > advantage of it and make sure the SQL is maintained in some central > place so you can easilly change databa

Re: [python-uk] Web Development with Python

2005-12-15 Thread Simon Faulkner
> Zope can be pretty lightweight if you just use plane ZPT, python scripts > and ZSQL methods. When building those kinds of apps, I've never needed > to do any explicit caching. Yeah! But you've got 'Asbestos Underwear'! LOL Just read your "Living Hell" presentation - wished I could hear the