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Matt Goodall
matt at pollenation.net
Sun Oct 26 21:21:28 EST 2003
Robert Lilly wrote: >>Hi! >> >> >> [snip] >>There are a few ways to interface Python and Apache, but >>mod_python is the >>best. (In my opinion as a member of the mod_python mailing list ;-) ). >>Another way to do it is by using regular CGI, where each .py file is >>basically a script that is run externally by Apache. This has much lower >>performance, and doesn't make it easier to develop, so I'd stay >>away. There >>was also a module named mod_snake that supposedly had better >>performance than >>mod_python, but I don't think it's supported anymore. Finally, >>there's Zope, >>which is an enterprise server based on Python. Haven't really >>used it, but >>it's supposed to be good. www.zope.org. >> >> >Thanks for the quick response Mike. I especially appreciate the information >about using the Python interpreter as I was not aware of that capability. > > The interpreter is a fantastic tool for testing out ideas, you'll use it a lot. Also worth a mention is IPython (http://ipython.scipy.org/) which aims to be a better Python shell. It's got some great features for inspecting objects, getting help, looking at source code etc. >I agree with you regarding staying away from CGI. I intend to do this >whether I'm using Python, PHP, or whatever. I've heard of Zope, but from >what I see, it's way overkill for my needs. > > Traditional CGI is slow but SCGI (http://www.mems-exchange.org/software/scgi/) and FastCGI (http://www.fastcgi.com/) are Apache modules that provide a CGI-like interface to long-running Python applications. I find SCGI particularly useful during development as there is no need to restart Apache to reload an application - just Ctrl-C your application and start it again. Cheers, Matt -- Matt Goodall, Pollenation Internet Ltd w: http://www.pollenation.net e: matt at pollenation.net
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