[web2py] Re: web2py as an API provider

2015-12-18 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
Tornado is mostly a web server. You can use tornado with web2py. In fact we use tornado in web2py in the gluon/contrib/websocket_messaging.py. Of course web2py adds overhead because it parses the header, handles language preferences, sessions, database connections, templates. Etc. You would

[web2py] Re: web2py as an API provider

2015-12-16 Thread desta
You are right the term 'professional' is rather poor. I meant that the service is expected to be deployed and be used as part of a company's services. Thanks for your comments. On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 5:32:21 PM UTC+2, Gary Cowell wrote: > > I'm using it to build REST services atop l

[web2py] Re: web2py as an API provider

2015-12-16 Thread Gary Cowell
I'm using it to build REST services atop legacy data. So, it certainly can be used in a 'professional' way, whatever that means. I find that DAL is useful, and JSON and REST are easy to implement and as you say, can concentrate on the API rather than the nuts and bolts to a great extent. If yo