Using python to develop web application

Question

I have been doing some work in python, but that was all for stand alone applications. I'm curious to know whether any offshoot of python supports web development?

Would some one also suggest a good tutorial or a website from where I can pick up some of the basics of web development using python?

Answer 1

Now that everyone has said Django, I can add my two cents: I would argue that you might learn more by looking at the different components first, before using Django. For web development with Python, you often want 3 components:

1. Something that takes care of the HTTP stuff (e.g. CherryPy)

2. A templating language to create your web pages. Mako is very pythonic and works with Cherrpy.

3. If you get your data from a database, an ORM comes in handy. SQLAlchemy would be an example.

All the links above have good tutorials. For many real-world use-cases, Django will be a better solution than such a stack as it seamlessly integrates this functionality (and more). And if you need a CMS, Django is your best bet short of Zope. Nevertheless, to get a good grasp of what's going on, a stack of loosely coupled programs might be better. Django hides a lot of the details.