== Help for Developers Migrating from Django ==
Sahana Eden is developed using [http://web2py.com Web2Py].

Web2Py was inspired by Django, amongst others, but redesigned to improve on it:
 * http://web2py.com/examples/static/web2py_vs_others.pdf
 * [http://www.web2py.com/AlterEgo/default/show/101 from Django to web2py]
 * [http://vimeo.com/6507384 Coding Django "polls" tutorial in web2py]

The basic MVC approach is the same with Models, Views & Controllers.

Web2Py is easier to create new pages in:
 * Automatic database migrations (by default, can be disabled)
 * No need to explicitly add routes to controller functions without arguments
 * No need to import core modules in each page - they are automatically available

The execution model is:
 * All Models are loaded, in alphabetical order
 * The Controller is loaded
 * The View is parsed with a Dict of vars you pass to it & the Global vars (Session/Request/Response)

Web2Py uses DAL instead of an ORM - this is lower-level with more SQL-like syntax.
 * it is possible to use [http://web2py.com/AlterEgo/default/show/189 SQLAlchemy models with Web2Py] but this isn't recommended within Sahana Eden

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