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Web Development with TurboGears and Python
rdelon writes "TurboGears was previously mentioned here as "Python on Rails". It has since made tremendous progress and is now a popular Python web MVC framework (along with Django). IBM developerWorks just published a great article about TurboGears and a book is on the way. Unlike Rails and Django, TurboGears is made up of several pre-existing subprojects. One of the great features of TurboGears is the 'toolbox,' which allows you to configure and check various aspects of your application and database in a browser."
The article was interesting, but I disagree with their claim that, "TurboGears is more community-driven than Django because it was built with pre-existing, open source components." From everything I've seen, Django has a strong community behind it. I don't think I've ever seen an open-source project whose maintainer is as helpful to users and contributors than Adrian Holovaty is. He's extremely respectful and responds quickly to bug reports and suggestions. In addition to its clean, unified feel, the community is one of the main reasons I was attracted to Django.
From a quick glance it wasnt apparent how this is licensed.
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How did you get from Guido's statement that "Django's gaining steam" to your statement that "Guido prefers Django"? Prefers it over what? Is that from your personal communication with him, something he said in public somewhere else, or are you reading something into that blog posting that I can't see? He doesn't mention anything about TurboGears or his preference in web frameworks, he simply states that Django is gaining steam in a big way. You're jumping to conclusions if you think that blog posting implies that he preferrs one web framework over another.
I'd be interested to know what Guido thinks of Zope, since he worked for Zope corporation in the past. And what he thinks of Zope Page Templates, since he worked on that code.
-Don
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