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Re:Django plugins you shouldn't start without by rmrfrmrf on Saturday November 02, 2013 @08:43PM (#6661564)
Here's the advice I was given: if you're going to go with an opinionated framework, go with Rails. If you really want to use Python over Ruby, go with Flask. His thought is that Ruby is more dogmatic than Python by design, so Rails' dogmatic nature lends itself to Ruby more. Python's flexibility lends itself to a more flexible, lightweight framework like Flask.
Re:Django plugins you shouldn't start without by natrius on Saturday November 02, 2013 @09:01PM (#6661630)
Python is more dogmatic than Ruby.

http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/

Choosing a minimalistic web framework like Flask or Sinatra makes sense if you're experienced enough to know what choices Django and Rails make for you and you're comfortable making those decisions on your own. Otherwise, pick Django or Rails and start building things.

Re:Django plugins you shouldn't start without by jsmeaton on Saturday November 02, 2013 @09:19PM (#6661695)
Couldn't agree with you more. I know what choices django makes for me, and I'm entirely happy letting it. I'd really miss a lot of what django has to offer if I were to move to something like flask.
Re:Django plugins you shouldn't start without by thatthatis on Sunday November 03, 2013 @01:13AM (#6662316)
I'll be quoting you on this. Best most succinct advice I've seen on flask vs django
Re:Django plugins you shouldn't start without by legutierr on Saturday November 02, 2013 @09:40PM (#6661756)
If he's concerned with speed, why recommend Rails? It's just the same as Django in that department, if not slower. My advice to someone asking this question is to pick the language they feel the most expressive in, and then pick the framework. Django's a fine choice.

That being said, I'd love to see a microframework like Flask for Lua/openresty gain in popularity.