I wonder how they evaluated which web software to use... [LWN.net]

I wonder how they evaluated which web software to use...

Posted May 31, 2002 21:37 UTC (Fri) by gbailey (subscriber, #58)
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This is the first I'd really heard of "Quixote". I wonder how it compares to phpnuke, slash, etc., etc....?

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I wonder how they evaluated which web software to use...

Posted May 31, 2002 21:58 UTC (Fri) by nas (subscriber, #17) [Link]

I don't know a lot about phpnuke and slash but it looks like they are
both meant for building portal sites.  Quixote is a general tool for
building dynamic web sites (e.g. more similar to PHP than to phpnuke).
I suspect Quixote was chosen because Python was prefered over Perl and
PHP.  However, in the Python world there are lots of web frameworks
available (e.g. Zope, WebWare, Twisted, SkunkWeb).  I can't say why
Quixote was chosen over them.  I'm biased anyhow. :-)

  Neil Schemenauer
  MEMS Exchange

I wonder how they evaluated which web software to use...

Posted May 31, 2002 22:54 UTC (Fri) by mdavis (guest, #241) [Link]

I've been using Quixote for some small sites and find it to be quite flexible and easy to use, assuming you know Python of course. With regard to the speed issue raised in the first posting, could you give any details on your setup and performance you're experiencing? Thanks