Hello Until now, the modest web apps I wrote were all in PHP because it's available on just about any hosted server.
I now have a couple of ideas for applications where I would deploy my own servers, so that I'd rather write them in Python because I find the language more pleasant to write with. I read that the traction for the mod_python module isn't as strong as mod_php, so I guess I should consider the alternative, which is writing a long-running process with some framework like TurboGears or Django. To make an informed choice, I'd like your feedback on this: 1. Is mod_python a bad choice today? If yes, are there other PHP-like modules available, ie. the Python code is hosted in pages that are loaded every time a user calls them? 2. If you think I should consider long-running processes, are the frameworks reliable enough so that I shouldn't fear crashes every so often? 3. What about performance as compared to equivalent PHP/MySQL apps? Thank you for any feedback. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list