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Geert Dekkers
geert at nznl.com
Tue Jan 12 09:09:13 EST 2010
How about mod_wsgi (http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/) ??? Geert On Jan 12, 2010, at 2:56 PM, Clodoaldo Neto wrote: > 2010/1/12 mog <lists at elasticmind.net>: >> So, the time has come. I need to start a new project and also migrate my old >> mod_python stuff to something else :( >> >> After all the sweat, blood and tears I put into learning about how Python >> web apps work, learning how to use mod_python, and how to put web apps >> together (using mod_python). It's really sad to think that a good portion of >> that effort seems lost because, unfortunately, mod_python is deprecated :( >> >> I looked at a few web frameworks but found they either simply didn't work, >> exhibited weird random unpredictable behaviour that was impossible to work >> with, or seemed to abstract so far away from real HTTP which made me feel >> uncomfortable. I finally settled on mod_python because it seemed to be a >> nice balance of powerful functionality and usefulness - oh, and it worked. >> >> With mod_python I felt as though I was working closely with the HTTP >> requests because I could use the request objects directly and, if I wanted >> (and I did), stick stuff in them to use in sessions. mod_python seemed >> pretty raw, but not so much so that I had to write my own request handlers >> and all the nitty gritty things like that (which, being new to web >> development, was and probably still is beyond my ability to do well and >> securely). I liked it because it also provided lots of in-built utilities >> making it really easy to do session handling, redirection and so on. >> >> I'm trying to avoid using one of the mainstream frameworks because I feel >> they overcomplicate things, bloat things up, and abstract too much away from >> what is really going on. Many of them annoyingly also end up requiring a >> bazillion dependencies to install. Personally I like to use small and >> compact programs that are really good at doing the small number of things I >> need them to, as opposed to installing some giant application (and all its >> dependencies) that can do everything under the sun I'll never use. >> >> With all this in mind. I was hoping someone would please be so kind as to >> recommend things that I could use instead of mod_python as a WSGI layer, but >> that hopefully works in a similar way to mod_python? > > You could start trying Werkzeug which calls itself "a simple > collection of various utilities for WSGI applications". > > http://werkzeug.pocoo.org/ > > Then WebOb: > > http://pythonpaste.org/webob/ > > Regarding small and simple I think the two above are some of the best > approaches but don't expect something like the mod_python's publisher > handler. > > Regards, Clodoaldo > >> >> Thank you in advance for your time and consideration. >> >> Kind regards, >> mog >> _______________________________________________ >> Mod_python mailing list >> Mod_python at modpython.org >> http://mailman.modpython.org/mailman/listinfo/mod_python >> > _______________________________________________ > Mod_python mailing list > Mod_python at modpython.org > http://mailman.modpython.org/mailman/listinfo/mod_python
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