[Omaha.pm] [odlug] Language options for a small website?

Sam Flint harmonicnm7h at gmail.com
Wed Jan 2 10:17:38 PST 2013


Sql, NoSQL, it doesn't matter with perl, if you use the right framework.


On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 11:58 AM, David Knaack <davidknaack at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was hoping to hear some good things about a Python option, as the
> language itself is attractive, but I haven't heard much about web
> development with it.
>
> Can you suggest some options for data management that I can look into? The
> requirements should be very light, any kind of SQL database would handle it
> just fine, but I'm also interested in non-SQL options, if that's an active
> area in Python web development.
>
> I haven't actually written down my data model yet, but I don't expect it
> to be more than half a dozen fairly small tables. It should all be pretty
> small and light, so I'd be interested in data storage options that minimize
> the back end.
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Tim Alexander <dragonfyre13 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Lots of ways you could go, but I'm a fan of python coming from a C
>> background but wanting a more dynamic language.
>>
>> Python for the language (if you know c/c++ your 90% of the way to
>> learning python, LOTS of cross knowledge). Use matplotlib for graphing.
>>
>> Personally a fan of web2py (web2py.org) for non-performance intensive
>> sites, classified as anything that probably won't get slashdotted.
>> Incredibly easy to use and learn, really powerful, good documentation, and
>> tons of bells and whistles without getting in your way. Only drawback is
>> performance IMHO, but I am using it for a system serving about 2k
>> concurrent requests on a project here at work (across 4 minimal spec
>> servers)
>>
>> Checkout pythonanywhere if you go that direction, simple and easy, really
>> cheap too. Even if not hosting with them, just testing and developing
>> remotely during initial phase is very simple there.
>> On Jan 2, 2013 9:41 AM, "David Knaack" <davidknaack at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm considering doing a small website that I'd probably host on an
>>> Amazon cloud server (via TurnkeyLinux). I'm looking for suggestions for
>>> platforms that will get something simple up and running pretty quick.
>>>
>>> I have a passing familiarity with ASP.Net, but I don't want to use .Net
>>> for this. Unfortunately I don't have any experience with other platforms.
>>>
>>> I'd like something with syntax that doesn't depart too far from what I
>>> know (Pascal, C, C#), has some easy libraries for producing basic graphs,
>>> and has a good framework for getting something up and running with a
>>> minimum of effort.
>>>
>>> There are probably lots of options, so I thought I'd see if any of you
>>> can recommend a favorite that you think I ought to learn.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> DaveK
>>>
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