From harmonicnm7h at gmail.com  Wed Jan  2 09:47:11 2013
From: harmonicnm7h at gmail.com (Sam Flint)
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 11:47:11 -0600
Subject: [Omaha.pm] [odlug] Language options for a small website?
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Perl CGI!

Sam


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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From harmonicnm7h at gmail.com  Wed Jan  2 10:17:38 2013
From: harmonicnm7h at gmail.com (Sam Flint)
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 12:17:38 -0600
Subject: [Omaha.pm] [odlug] Language options for a small website?
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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
>>>
>>> --
>>> http://odlug.org
>>> ---
>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
>>> Groups "Omaha Dynamic Language User Group" group.
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>
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From info at mutationgrid.com  Tue Jan 29 12:25:48 2013
From: info at mutationgrid.com (Jay Hannah)
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:25:48 -0600
Subject: [Omaha.pm] Fwd: You're invited to Learn about Lua
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If you're hep to meetup.com, you could also RSVP our next meeting there.  :)

   http://odlug.org

j



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> 
>  
> 	
>  
> NEW MEETUP
> Learn about Lua
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> Tuesday, February 12, 2013
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> Come learn about Lua!
> This month we are combining forces with http://odlug.org/
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From jay at jays.net  Wed Jan 30 09:53:08 2013
From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah)
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:53:08 -0600
Subject: [Omaha.pm] [odlug] Are Perl's "glory days" gone for good?
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On Jan 30, 2013, at 11:11 AM, Dave Burchell <evaddnomaid at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://developers.slashdot.org/story/13/01/29/0235220/perls-glory-days-are-behind-it-but-it-isnt-going-anywhere

Some of the 357 comments (so far) are amusing.   :)

j





From sterling at hanenkamp.com  Wed Jan 30 19:57:17 2013
From: sterling at hanenkamp.com (Sterling Hanenkamp)
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:57:17 -0600
Subject: [Omaha.pm] [odlug] Are Perl's "glory days" gone for good?
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"Perl's Glory Days Are Behind It, But It Isn't Going Anywhere" ... posts a
news site developed in Perl.

This is as much troll fodder as I've ever heard of. I'm sure the editor
that posted it was guffawing as he posted it knowing the reaction it'd get.


On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Jay Hannah <jay at jays.net> wrote:

> On Jan 30, 2013, at 11:11 AM, Dave Burchell <evaddnomaid at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> http://developers.slashdot.org/story/13/01/29/0235220/perls-glory-days-are-behind-it-but-it-isnt-going-anywhere
>
> Some of the 357 comments (so far) are amusing.   :)
>
> j
>
>
>
>
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