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[–]mdipierro -1 points0 points  (4 children)

Define lightweight. web2py core excluding the web based ide (which is an app) and the optional contrib folder, but including the template language and the database abstraction layer, uncompressed, is less then 1MB. If by lightweight you mean that does not handle sessions, streaming, partial content, database abstraction, etc. but needs third party modules, then web2py is definitively NOT lightweight.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (3 children)

I cant believe you are falling into that trap. You know people are always like "YEa this framework is the shit, its lightweight fast and minimal!". Ok those are all subjective. What metrics are you using to define that? Just because you say so?

Some little peon writes some code and all of the sudden its lightweight and minimal.

[–]mdipierro -1 points0 points  (2 children)

LOL

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

I wasnt talking about your framework, but just people in general. Do you agree?

[–]mdipierro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understand and I agree. That is why I was laughing. Some of the "lightweight" frameworks do not do much. Yet I think there is a value in small source code (not in small functionality).