4 Python Web Frameworks, Compared

Episode #149, published Fri, Feb 2, 2018, recorded Tue, Jan 30, 2018

Are you considering getting into web programming? Choosing a web framework (like Pyramid, Flask, or Django) can be daunting. It would be great to see them all build out the same application and compare the results side-by-side.

That's why when I heard what Nick Hunt-Walker was up to, I had to have him on the podcast. He and I will chat about 4 web frameworks, compared. He built a data-driven web app with Flask, Tornado, Pyramid and Django and then put it all together in a presentation. We are going to dive into that.

Links from the show

Nick on Twitter: @nhuntwalker
Nick on the web: rationalwhimsy.com
500 Lines Book Chapter: aosabook.org/en/500L
The App on GitHub: github.com/PythonToDoList
PyCascades conference: pycascades.com
Code Fellows course: codefellows.org
PUPY Meetup: meetup.com/PSPPython
The talk (video): youtu.be
Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm

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Nicholas Hunt-Walker

I moved to Seattle in 2010 to study for a Ph.D. in astrophysics at the University of Washington. After 5.5 years, I decided to move out of the field and into tech to teach programming and software development at Code Fellows, a Seattle-area ...

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