Pros and Cons of different approaches to web programming in Python

Question

I\'d like to do some server-side scripting using Python. But I\'m kind of lost with the number of ways to do that.

It starts with the do-it-yourself CGI approach and it

Answer 1

If you want to go big, choose Django and you are set. But if you want just to learn, roll your own framework using already mentioned WebOb - this can be really fun and I am sure you'll learn much more (plus you can use components you like: template system, url dispatcher, database layer, sessions, et caetera).

In last 2 years I built few large sites using Django and all I can say, Django will fill 80% of your needs in 20% of time. Remaining 20% of work will take 80% of the time, no matter which framework you'd use.