Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.etla.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.006 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'django.': 0.05; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'plenty': 0.07; 'answer?': 0.09; 'framework.': 0.09; 'things,': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'django': 0.11; 'suggest': 0.14; '(just': 0.16; '10:00': 0.16; 'any.': 0.16; 'combinations': 0.16; 'dump': 0.16; 'fine.': 0.16; 'gpg': 0.16; 'self-host': 0.16; 'subject:RESTful': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'obviously': 0.18; 'app': 0.19; 'thu,': 0.19; 'later': 0.20; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'options': 0.25; 'subject:/': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'idea': 0.28; 'hosting': 0.29; 'rest': 0.29; '(like': 0.30; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; '25,': 0.31; 'changed.': 0.31; 'there.': 0.32; 'probably': 0.32; 'stuff': 0.32; 'run': 0.32; 'something': 0.35; 'one,': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'google': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'in.': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'application': 0.37; 'easily': 0.37; 'subject:new': 0.38; 'depends': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'little': 0.38; 'ability': 0.39; 'new': 0.61; 'facebook': 0.61; 'from:charset:utf-8': 0.61; 'personal': 0.63; 'today': 0.64; 'account': 0.65; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'subject': 0.69; 'it\xe2\x80\x99s': 0.84; 'locked': 0.84; 'played': 0.84; 'road.': 0.84; 'url:tk': 0.95; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=muyBYlAM5l92JeWixtFGptjjP87PRbiPhI3lXnyChEc=; b=Sbph2RsFYJ0E4iLMBApnrNikgFdK+aWf4I8FkavLBXdoh/XKUiHxSiP06Rw+tewa5O Wjr2/2aRlWJ1LfQTT9RZi2fnsaw6wdMLrtlC+7QyEZvhA5ur4be/SJyYh94KgN2CP1Of Yjwd9i9etOfzCnBK7AOwiJI53JXJNFw5gsPbePxOq35OoRvyVtmoxBh5lfBcjb3SncK1 jJYGvrJwQw+MLR+dP7K2I7LnCVuaYdSG5mQ57MiNILe59LzDYvhpEhJDPKttvaPeTpyB Kh0dmvD+aA4QxZj7BwCr95m/M3H5PIoLYDO7HhuPWD0SvGZT0lOCZQ6kMvaDJ3EBfA7F 1bEQ== X-Received: by 10.43.103.195 with SMTP id dj3mr26123349icc.3.1367065146018; Sat, 27 Apr 2013 05:19:06 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: =?UTF-8?B?Q2hyaXMg4oCcS3dwb2xza2HigJ0gV2Fycmljaw==?= Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:18:45 +0200 Subject: Re: Python platform/framework for new RESTful web app To: Eric Frederich Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 46 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1367065149 news.xs4all.nl 15956 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:53834 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:44448 On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Eric Frederich wrote: > If I wanted to create a new web application (RESTful) today with Python w= hat > are my options given the following requirements. > > * Google Account authentication > * Facebook authentication > * Managed hosting (like Google App Engine or Heroku) but with the ability= to > be self-hosted later down the road. Plenty of combinations here. > I am familiar with Django (well I was a 3 years ago). > I have played a little with web.py and like the ideas there. 3 years is a long time, and a lot of stuff probably changed. I personally like Django and Flask, other people may suggest Pyramid. > I like the idea of using something like GAE but don't want to be locked i= n. So go with Heroku. GAE has many GAE-specific things, while on Heroku everything is standard and you can go self-hosted easily (just get a DB dump and a dump of your files). > Is Django the answer? Maybe. It depends on the size of your app and if you like Django. It=E2=80=99s subject to personal opinion. > I think you can run Django on GAE (and obviously you can self-host it). Yes, it works on GAE and Heroku just fine. > I see there is a Django REST framework. Is this a good framework? > Are there good Google and Facebook authentication extensions? That=E2=80=99s, again, subject to personal opinion, and I, for one, haven= =E2=80=99t used any. -- Kwpolska | GPG KEY: 5EAAEA16 stop html mail | always bottom-post http://asciiribbon.org | http://caliburn.nl/topposting.html