Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!panix!gordon From: John Gordon Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Do I really need a web framework? Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:53:27 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1380578007 6065 166.84.1.2 (30 Sep 2013 21:53:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:53:27 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: nn/6.7.3 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:55123 In dufriz@gmail.com writes: > I want to set up a very simple website, and I need to know if it is > necessary to use a web framework (e.g. Django) to do basic interactive > operations such as receiving input from the user, looking up a database > and returning some data to the user. No, it's not necessary. But depending on how large your website is, using a framework can end up being a lot less work than doing it from scratch. > What do you suggest, keeping in mind that I am a newbie and that my > website project would be very simple and very small? That depends on how you define "very simple" and "very small". For example, how many different pages will your website have? A login page? A search entry page? A search results page? A help page? An error page? A logout page? Any other pages? I worked on a project that did its own web handling from scratch, and frankly it was a nightmare. But it wasn't a small project, so yours might be doable. -- John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs gordon@panix.com B is for Basil, assaulted by bears -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"