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Web.py Introduction
Web.py is a free and open source web application framework that is as simple as it is powerful. Web.py was originally published while Aaron swartz worked at reddit.com, where the site used it ass it grew to become one of the top 1000 sites according to Alexa and served millions of daily page views. "It's the anti-framework framework. web.py doesn't get in your way." explained founder Steve Huffman.
The web.py slogan is: "Think about the ideal way to write a web app. Write the code to make it happen."
Some of the sites which uses web.py are
- Frinki, a new social network in spanish.
- oyster.com, a website that reviews hotels uses web.py for the entire website.
- Make History, a project of the 9/11 memorial museum.
- CSC/ECE 517 Summer 2008
- CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2010
- CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2011
- CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2012
- CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2013
- CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2014
- CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2015
- CSC/ECE 517 Spring 2014
- CSC/ECE 517 Spring 2015
- CSC/ECE 517 Spring 2016
- CSC 456 Spring 2012
- ECE 633
- KCU
- Progress reports
Python
Installation
To install web.py,
- Firstly, download the following tar file:
wget http://webpy.org/static/web.py-0.37.tar.gz
- Extract the downloaded tar file
tar -zxvf web.py-0.37.tar.gz
- tar -zxvf web.py-0.37.tar.gz
cd web.py-0.37/
- Install and make it accessible to all the applications
sudo python setup.py install
Features of web.py
Expertiza now has a Java dependency, so the machine you are using to develop Expertiza on should have the JVM installed.
- Setting Up a Development Machine
- Creating a Linux Development Environment for Expertiza - Installation Guide
- Using git and github for projects
- Using heroku to deploy your projects
- How to Begin a Project from the Current Expertiza Repository
- Git
- How to Change a User's Password on a Development Machine
- Debugging Rails