Setting up Python on Windows/ Apache?

Question

I want to get a simple Python \"hello world\" web page script to run on Windows Vista/ Apache but hit different walls. I\'m using WAMP. I\'ve installed mod_python

Answer 1

Stay away from mod_python. One common misleading idea is that mod_python is like mod_php, but for python. That is not true. Wsgi is the standard to run python web applications, defined by PEP 333. So use mod_wsgi instead.

Or alternatively, use some web framework that has a server. Cherrypy's one is particulary good. You will be able to run your application both standalone and through mod_wsgi.

An example of Hello World application using cherrypy:

import cherrypy

class HelloWorld(object):
    def index(self):
        return "Hello World!"
    index.exposed = True

application = HelloWorld()
if __name__ == '__main__':
    cherrypy.engine.start()
    cherrypy.engine.block()

Very easy huh? Running this application directly on python will start a webserver. Configuring mod_wsgi to it will make it run inside apache.