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Six Python Web Frameworks Compared
snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Rick Grehan provides an in-depth comparison of six Python Web frameworks, including CubicWeb, Django, Pyramid, Web.py, Web2py, and Zope 2. 'No matter what your needs or leanings as a Python developer might be, one of these frameworks promises to be a good fit,' Grehan writes. 'As usual, the choice is highly subjective. You will find zealots for each product, and every zealot is able to present rational reasons why their chosen framework is superior.'"
How much programming do you know now? Because if the answer is "very little" (or none), then you would do well to stay the hell away from PHP for as long as you can. PHP is useful because it's widely available on shared hosting servers, but as a language it is truly terrible. It will confuse you and leave you scratching your head at how to solve a problem at the same time that it's teaching you bad habits.
Just for starters, PHP's library is full of inexplicable inconsistencies. For example, the arguments for mysql_query are "querystring, resource." The arguments for pg_query (for PostgreSQL) are "resource, querystring." Why? Don't ask. This is just one example of the typically slipshod way PHP has been put together. Note, also, that in both cases "resource" is optional. Die-hard PHP programmers will surely chime in at this point, telling you you're much better off using a database abstraction layer anyway, but which one? The PHP documentation lists four, but there are more than that.
Python overall has been designed with much more care and forethought, is a much better language, and doesn't deserve to be put down like lame horses and PHP should be.
That said, if you want to get more Web work, faster, learn PHP.
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Oh, and learn jQuery after you learn Javascript (not 'instead of').