Re:does web.py have documentation and are you using webpy?
by nostrademons on Tuesday May 29, 2007 @11:46PM
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There's value in using a v0.1. It hasn't had a chance to get large and complicated yet, so it's easier to learn and less likely to break.
Good third-party components should solve a problem with a large surface area and present an interface with a small surface area. I don't really see that with most frameworks: instead, they seem to solve a problem with a fairly small surface area and present an interface with a large surface area. Not really a great combination.
I'm all for libraries and standards, though. There's no way I could've built my app without Cheetah, PIL (despite installation headaches), Markdown, DBAPI, and WSGI. These solve the real hairy problems, yet provide a small, often trivial interface to learn.
Good third-party components should solve a problem with a large surface area and present an interface with a small surface area. I don't really see that with most frameworks: instead, they seem to solve a problem with a fairly small surface area and present an interface with a large surface area. Not really a great combination.
I'm all for libraries and standards, though. There's no way I could've built my app without Cheetah, PIL (despite installation headaches), Markdown, DBAPI, and WSGI. These solve the real hairy problems, yet provide a small, often trivial interface to learn.