Hi all, I need some advice and experiences on building and deployment of web apps in Python (and Django).
We at PromoBee.nl are nearing the release of our new web app. It will be installed on a fresh server install, which makes for a nice opportunity to rethink our build and deployment process. Up to this point we solved deployment with some custom shell scripts and a lot of manual work. Since I (obviously) do not want to go down this road again I have done some research lately and although I have come up with some ideas it appears to me that there is no 'common best approach'. My current considerations: Since the server will run Debian I really like the idea of using Debian packages for installing and updating the web app and its libraries. I don't have any experience with building my own packages but I figure it should be a feasible approach. Then how am I going to build these packages? I have taken a look at Ant, but I'm afraid to end up in Java- or XML-hell. Also, since our app is a Python app, I feel there should be a tool that is better suited for the job. I considered Distutils, but I am not sure whether it's capable of everything I need. Our app has a fairly simple architecture and its deployment is quite straight-forward, but at least I want to be able to do stuff like checking out code from source control and automated concatenation and minification of JavaScript files. Also I have been looking at zc.buildout, but I find it hard to get a grasp of what it can and cannot do. In addition to that; I am not confident that either Distutils or zc.buildout will get along easily with the concept of Debian packages. Well, all in all a lot of question marks here. Since the problem is so common I figured many people here must have dealt with it as well. I'm really curious about how you solved it. Thanks in advance for any tips, cheers! Tim _______________________________________________ Python-nl mailing list Python-nl@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-nl
