On Mon, 2012-04-16 at 16:17 -0700, mastergberry wrote: > Hello. I have been researching about different web development > languages. So far I have been working closely with PHP and a HMVC > framework called Kohana to develop my application. As it is starting > to grow I feel that PHP is not going to be the best approach for my > website. I would like to get started with Pylons and Python in the > near future, but I do not know much Python yet. I read an > introductory book a while ago but I need to practice it more in the > coming months before I jump into this framework. I have a few > questions: > > 1) Does anyone have a recommended book for a programmer who knows the > basics and want's to briefly look @ them such as variables, loops, > functions, classes, etc (I know C, C++, PHP)
I don't, but this StackOverflow topic seems to have some recommendations: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/142834/best-python-book-for-a-lifelong-php-developer > 2) How often does the Pylons framework get re-worked from the ground > up? If I write an application in Pylons 1.3 for instance am I going > to have to completely redesign it in another year? I think you mean Pyramid. Long story, but: - The Pylons web framework begain in 2005. - In 2010, the Pylons web framework was put into maintenance-only mode. Simultaneously, a new organization was started named "The Pylons Project". The Pylons *web framework* is a project under the Pylons Project. A new web framework named Pyramid was its replacement, and also exists as a part of the Pylons Project. Other libraries such as Deform, Colander, and others exist under that project too. - If you're starting a new project, you'll want to use Pyramid. See also http://docs.pylonsproject.org/en/latest/faq/pyramid.html It's useful to think of the relationship between Pylons-the-web-framework and Pylons-the-project like Apache-the-web-server is to the Apache project (which also hosts Tomcat, Cassandra, etc). Pyramid has remained largely backwards compatible between four major releases (1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3). We're pretty conservative about breaking things. Features are deprecated before they're removed. > 3) How fast does Pylons compare to other frameworks out there? Not Pylons, but Pyramid: http://blog.curiasolutions.com/the-great-web-framework-shootout/ - C > > Thanks for any information :) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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.
