I would not use web2py with bottle for a production environment. It may be a little faster because bottle does less (for example does not handle sessions unless you want to) but I do not think enough users have tested wb2py+bottle to know there are no problems. I personally still consider it an experiment.
I disagree with the assessment that in web2py you should start with an existing app and reverse engineer it. I never do that nor anybody here has ever encouraged that. Quite the opposite. You start by designing your own models, then the controllers, finally the views. You may want to looks to some of the video tutorials on vimeo. On Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:56:24 UTC-5, David Johnston wrote: > > > Can someone explain to me why someone would want to use web2py with > Bottle? I am considering the combination. > > Is it for when you want to keep the app very simple but need some of the > more advanced functionality of Web2py such as the DAL? I am trying to learn > web programming and wonder if this might be a good place to start. I find > the full-blown web2py a little intimidating especially since I can't find > what I am looking for in the documentation. I find Bottle the opposite. Too > sparse. For example, I don't mind making forms but don't really want to > write SQL queries. I am coming from a (short) background in Wordpress so I > am looking for something like that but in Python and better for web app > development. Bottle feels like building a webapp from the bottle up. Web2py > feels like building it from the top down, (i.e. take the example apps and > reverse engineer them to what you want). I guess I would like something in > the middle. Wordpress wasn't THAT bad but I want easier CRUD and would > rather ditch PHP. > > Web2py is supposed to be easier than Django but Django has so much better > documentation, books etc that I might find this the opposite. Suggestions? > > Dave >
