[mod_python] Write your own appserver in mod_python!

> The more I think about "a killer app" the more disenchanted I am with 
> the idea.

> In my mind, Python's greatest strength is that every time I got to a 
> point in my code where I said, "Now, if only I had a gizmo that did 
> X", that's when I noticed that Python COMES WITH a gizmo that does X 
> built in.

> Also, while I have the floor, I want to say that I did look around at 
> some of the frameworks when I started writing CGI's in Python and I 
> found them... (pardon me while I grope for a word)... intimidating.  
> I found myself saying "but all I want is a class that does X!".

> Now, I'll be the first to admit that I did end up adding X, Y, and Z 
> to my code, not just X, so it's very possible that some of the 
> frameworks that I found scary because they did X, Y, and Z instead of 
> just X would have been a perfect fit, but the fact remains that they 
> were more intimidating and felt like they had more commitment 
> required than just including one of the standard libs.  (Sorry for 
> the run-on, it's late.)

> Anyhow, my point is, that if we broke down the problem into small 
> bite size pieces, and tossed out the classes as separate .py files, 
> perhaps it wouldn't be nearly so bad.  Programmers wouldn't feel the 
> dread of commitment to a framework.  They could just say, "I need a 
> class to handle sessions."  Boom!  "I need a class that makes HTML 
> from templates."  Pow!  "I want to handle my form inputs as class 
> members."   Biff!  (Couldn't resist.)

> These functions are really separate, so why should anyone have to 
> take the whole cow if they just want a hamburger?


  Here are very smart ideas. I totally agree with the above.




> Gre7g.

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