On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Ben Bangert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 6, 2008, at 9:31 AM, zunzun wrote: > >> Comparison before starting a project, used to decide which framework >> to use. >> Django: according to http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/about >> Members 12,016 >> Group Activity is High >> Pylons: according to http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss/about >> Members: 1,748 >> Group Activity is Low > > Really? That's how you decide? Then I believe you *must* choose PHP. It > completely dwarfs Django and Python altogether, its the only choice really > if you want to determine framework based on user-base (popularity). :) > >> Also, Django just made a major release. The last (non-security fix) >> Pylons release is over a year old. Guido van Rossum has blessed >> Django here: >> http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2006/aug/07/guidointerview/ > > Before that release, they hadn't made a release in almost 2 years, and > actually told everyone to run production websites on the development > branch... Pylons 0.9.7 RC4 came out about 2 weeks ago. Guido is not a > veteran web developer, nor does he actually use any of Django beyond Django > templates, his apps have been generally built with pure WSGI and Django > templates, the recent port of his Mondrian to a Django app was prolly his > first actual Django project. > >> Seems like I should use Django? Or should it be Pylons instead? Is a >> long-planned major release immediately forthcoming? > > What kind of app/site are you building? What tools matter to you? Do you > think you'll need to scale heavily? Are you talking to a legacy database? > etc. > > Those questions are the ones you should be asking yourself, then seeing > which framework has the tools you need to accomplish your task. Otherwise, > merely posting some mail list numbers and that Guido likes Django seems to > be awfully trollish as it doesn't seem to be a serious attempt to evaluate > the frameworks benefits for the task you're actually trying to complete. > > I'd highly suggest searching the mail list for some previous threads on the > subject, as this doesn't really need rehashing again. > http://markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Apylons+django+pylons > > Cheers, > Ben
Totally agreed with Ben, you may also want to learn a similar post just a couple of days old on the TG list with another set of bad comparison and misinterpretations http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears/browse_thread/thread/a63ad43936c8f821 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to pylons-discuss@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
