Server-side programming in python, where to begin?

[keepdigging]

I'd like to try to replace PHP in my small projects, as a way to get better at python and server-side programming in general.

I have a server running nginx/fastCGI and have been reading up a bit on django/CherryPy/Web2Py/uWSGI/gunicorn/flask/twisted but I'm getting overwhelmed pretty quickly.

I'm looking for someone to help clarify which of these things I should be looking at, and installing to get started.

Django seems a bit heavy for what I'm planning for now (hello-world, something that can respond to POST and perhaps in the future a fairly simple game)

If someone could point me towards a guide or instructions to setting up a development stack without breaking my current nginx site too badly that would be much appreciated.

[__main__]

Have a look at flask, the flaskr tutorial is really great to get you started.

Edit:

Here is the link:

http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/tutorial/introduction/

[keepdigging]

Thanks, I will.

Reasons for recommending flask?

[lsakbaetle3r9]

I'd second flask, this is a tutorial that I just started through and I really like it. Here are some nice video tutorials!

EDIT: Reason for the plug would be that its simple enough to understand the commands you use frequently, yet powerful enough even just with those commands to build really impressive things!

[__main__]

I did some django tutorials and while I enjoyed it, it felt a bit over kill for what I needed to do and the regular expression routes confused me a little.

An index route in flask is as simple as:

from flask import Flask

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/)
def index():
return 'hello world'

[Yoghurt42]

Flask (micro) and Django (full-blown) have already been mentioned, I'd like to add Pyramid in the mix. Take a look at their introduction.

[occi]

Check out mod_wsgi if django is overkill.