Why Web2Py?

Web2Py is a modern environment which has been built to learn from the good & bad of other frameworks (such as Django & Ruby on Rails):
​http://web2py.com/examples/static/web2py_vs_others.pdf

• Easy to Install
  • no dependencies
  • can run off USB
  • can easily backup/move between hosts

• Rapid Application Development environment
  • especially relevant to Sahana where on-the-fly emergency customisations are the norm during deployments
  • simple for unskilled programmers to add new modules (although full power still available to those with skills to hand-build HTML pages &/or python modules)
  • integrated web-based IDE can be used for all functionality (although can also use other IDEs)

• Commitment to backward compatibility
  • ​http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/21dcd8faff44e9bf#

• Secure by default: ​http://web2py.com/examples/default/features

• Database abstraction
  • including scalability from SQLite through to Google App Engine (GAE)
  • we-based database administration tool which works across all back-ends

• ​MVC design approach to separate Presentation from Code

• In-Built Translation interface

• Support for key interoperability standards
  • AJAX: ​http://web2py.com/AlterEgo/default/show/10
  • JSON: ​http://web2py.com/examples/default/examples#example_json
  • XML-RPC: ​http://web2py.com/examples/default/examples#xmlrpc_examples
  • SOAP: ​http://web2py.com/AlterEgo/default/show/165

• Helpful community:
  • ​http://groups.google.com/group/web2py
  • # web2py on Freenode

• Speed:
  • ​http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/cf5c5bd53bc42d49

• ​http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web2py

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