I also might add that this is why I think a db wrapper for GAE would be a killer feature for web.py. It would make web.py the most portable framework with near-seemless transtitions between GAE and more traditional hosts.
On Jan 8, 1:24 pm, adelevie <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought about this for a while myself. I think when using GAE, it's > best to use webapp. Web.py's top features are either non-functional or > a PITA when using GAE. You can't use web.py's db wrapper (which I like > a lot) and templates must be constantly compiled if you choose to use > Templetor (which I also like a lot). What's left (at least in my > case), are some nice conveniences with web.py but nothing game > changing. For example, it's a bit more annoying to write > self.response.out.write instead of just return. Or render.templatename > (vars) is a lot easier than template_values = { > 'var': var > } > path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), > 'template.html') > self.response.out.write(template.render(path, > template_values)) > > On Jan 8, 1:30 am, Tzury Bar Yochay <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Your web.py code will be useful when/if you decide to use it outside > > of GAE. > > Basically, all you need is a data layer adapter. > > > On Jan 7, 9:32 pm, SM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm trying to decide if it makes more sense to do a Google App Engine > > > project using Google's webapp framework or to use webpy. First of all, > > > I'm struck by how similar webapp looks to webpy which makes the > > > decision more tricky (or maybe not). Given the superficial (at least) > > > similarities, does it make a big difference? What are the pros/cons of > > > each framework? > > > > Also, webpy is currently at version 0.3. I'm wondering if it will > > > continue to be developed and supported? Webapp will presumably > > > continue to be developed and supported by Google. > > > > Thanks. As I'm learning about it, I really like the simplicity and > > > elegance of webpy so far. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web.py" 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/webpy?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
