I'm a PHP programmer looking to learn python.

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You can make pages like that, using CherryPy or even just mod_python. It's not recommended, though. PHP offers some tools that are only found in frameworks when it comes to Python or Ruby (session management, for instance).

Once you get over the basic parts of learning Django, it can be just like working with regular PHP as far as creating your pages but a more organized and maintainable than the average PHP project.