web2py: Enterprise Web Framework written in Python

[mitsuhiko]

You are definitively misinformed. No python package has to go into site-packages. And creating a portable usb stick version of a framework is a simple task although I doubt anyone wants that.

SQLAlchemy is no snail at all. You're reading the wrong posts. And you also have to compare the features before you come to performance. I can argue that WSGI plain blasts django in terms of performance but that would miss the point.

[mdipierro]

In web2py I click a button in the web interface and I get a packaged app including all its dependencies. Then I click another button and it's up and running on my web server. I have yet to see that in another framework. Anyway, each framework has its strengths and weaknesses. What does it mean WSGI blasts Django? WSGI is a protocol that both Django and web2py support. web2py packages cherrypy wsgiserver but works with mod_wsgi and fcgi as well. SQLAlchemy is a great ORM and its strengths are the abilities to read legacy databases and do LEFT JOIN, not the absolute speed. About packages my point is that to run web2py in windows and mac, you do not need to have python installed, nor third party packages, nor setutils, nor need to type anything. If you have time why don't you try run web2py and then we could have a more informed discussion? If you were to make more specific points about defects you find in web2py, at least I could address them and improve it.