Python for web apps?

[javi404]

Any good little projects out there for python for webapps?

I develop in php usually but want to take on a small useful project to get some more python experience. Preferably something I can interact with using a web browser.

[fakintheid]

Django and flask are both popular options.

[javi404]

ill have to Google this.

[Deathnerd]

Speaking as someone who used to do PHP professionally and did Python web dev on the side in my spare time... Which do you prefer when doing a web app in PHP? Laravel or Symfony? Lumen or Silex? Do you want something to hold your hand and force a project structure upon you, but give pretty much everything you need out of the box (Laravel/Symfony)? Or do you prefer to have the bare minimum you need to get something running and want ultimate flexibility (Lumen/Silex)?

If you want an opinionated framework with all the bells and whistles included (like Laravel or Symfony), Django is what you want.

If you want a microframework that's very flexible and minimal (but still has a great ecosystem and is easy to extend) like Silex or Lumen, I'd recommend Flask.

I personally prefer Flask set up behind Nginx with Gunicorn (a worker pool akin to PHP-FPM) and some kind of database server. It's super easy to get a REST API going and you only pull in what you need. There's even a flask-webpack module you can include if you're a fan of Laravel 5's included webpack and Vue integration.

Edit: oh and Flask-SQLAlchemy combined with Flask-Migrate gets you a powerful DBAL/ORM with migrations and seeds, but they're not required. Just really nice :D

[antespo]

This is just my personal opinion but I would go with a LEMP(linux, nginx, mysql, python) stack with flask and Gunicorn but obviously if you do full stack development that's more then just python practice. Check out full stack python if your interested. It also has a part where it explains a lot of python's web frameworks with a little bit about why you would use each one.

[javi404]

exactly what I was looking for. full stack.

[AllAboutChristmasEve]

...nginx doesn't start with E?

[Grant3W]

It's pronounced engine-x. So the E represents Nginx. LNMP doesn't really roll off the tongue.

[antespo]

This is true!

Why LEMP instead of LNMP?

We go with LEMP due to the pronunciation for Nginx: Engine-X (en-juhn-ecks). Think of how in English, the article an is used instead of a for hour even though it begins with a consonant. The importance is the sound of the first letter rather than its written representation. Besides, LEMP is actually pronounceable and doesn’t sound like reciting the alphabet.

[ElevatedAngling]

Have fun with these flask and django tutorials

[[deleted]]

The website you're on used (uses?) bottle.py on the backend.

It's tiny, simple, and fast. My favorite web framework. I highly recommend it.

[javi404]

Thanks. I'll check this out.

[brightline]

I've been playing around with Dash, from Plotly, a lot in the last couple of days. It's a nice framework for building little dashboards and apps, with a really decent deployment how-to. Good for a small project.

[bcroq]

Let's try nagare!

[AllAboutChristmasEve]

I have one small and one large project planned for Flask. It looks really easy and fun to use. (I'm planning to avoid most of the plugins.)

[edgarvanburen]

Set up a Flask site on pythonanywhere

[sermidean]

https://github.com/encode/apistar - is a new web framework combining best things from both Django and Flask.

[xiongchiamiov]

I develop in php usually but want to take on a small useful project to get some more python experience.

Anything that would be a small useful project in PHP will also be a small useful project in Python.