[mod_python] Local Web Server

2008/1/30 MCL Systems <mcl.office at googlemail.com>:
> I am looking for a local lightweight web server, that I can use to run
> python apps locally via my USB pen drive.
>
> I am running winxp sp2.
>
> The programs are coded for mod_python and I am using scite portable and
> portable python for my development..
>
> I am very limited in my abilities to install programs successfully, but I
> can still achieve programming results, to my satisfaction with python.
>
> My programs query text/csv files and display the results in a browser.
>
> So I imagine I will start server 'x', which will point to a document root
> and then I can access my files as  http://127.1.0.0 or whatever /mycode.py
>
> So is there a binary I can download, already configured to run locally and
> with mod_python support and all I have to do is tell it where document root
> is.

Consider cherrypy, since there's much less setup. Server code that is
based off cherrypy will work wherever cherrypy is installed and importable.
On a general python install this just takes a python setup.py install,
though I'm not sure how site packages work in portable python.

--Bart