+1 to what Peter said. On Thursday, November 29, 2012 4:06:30 AM UTC-6, peter wrote: > > In my experience, and what I have seen from following the threads, the > norm is for questions to be answered very well and very quickly. One of the > many pleasures of using Web2py is the responsiveness of the users group. > There might be the odd exception to this, but this is unusual I believe. So > sorry if you had a bad exprience Daniele, but I do not think most users > find this. > Peter > > > On Thursday, 29 November 2012 01:14:52 UTC, Daniele wrote: >> >> I really believe web2py will indeed become the "rails for python" as >> someone mentioned. Actually, I believe it's much better, easier to use and >> comprehend, and more pleasant to develop in. >> >> That said, I agree web2py needs to reach a critical mass of users because >> as of now, it's too hard to get the support to even simple answers, which >> sometime require days to be answered on google groups. A much wider user >> base would rapidly solve this problem quite naturally. I think the solution >> to this would be word of mouth: more users need to use web2py and spread >> the word of how good it is by mere word of mouth. It's possible, I believe >> the project can really outshine all the other python web frameworks. >> >> On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 4:39:06 AM UTC, User wrote: >>> >>> I noticed a thread over in web2py-developers web3py - >>> important!<https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/web2py-developers/RCeiRd3Rzs0> >>> which >>> was exciting to read. I've flirted with web2py and there's a lot that I >>> like about it. For some reason I find web2py exciting whereas django >>> doesn't provide that. I've used Yii on the php side which is great >>> framework as far as php goes and asp.net mvc which is great as well. >>> I'd love to work with python but the main thing making me hesitate with >>> web2py is critical mass. >>> >>> It seems like it wouldn't be hard for web2py to really dominate the >>> python web framework space if some of the core criticisms were addressed. >>> I'm not fully up to speed on what they are but I usually hear about unit >>> testing and global variables. It feels like there is a roadblock >>> preventing the project from skyrocketing. Python needs a rails. I >>> understand that the design decisions are by choice with pros and cons. >>> >>> My questions are: >>> 1. Will web3py likely address these often repeated core criticisms? (I >>> saw point 5 from the thread linked to above: "5) No more global >>> environment. Apps will do "from web3py import *" (see below)") >>> 2. The developer thread is over in the developers section. Will you >>> have a more open forum for users (as opposed to developers) to have input >>> on web3py? >>> >>> >>> >>
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