How do you deploy django applications for windows?

Question

I'm working on a web application using isapi_wsgi and django-pyodbc. I'd like to have a way to install all dependencies and push the files out to the webserver. Unfortunately, some of these are easier said than done. In particular, handling dependencies is a pain as some of them won't install correctly even under setuptools (pywin32 is especially difficult).

Most of the tools that I see for automating this kind of stuff (fabric and capistrano) are made for use with unix-y systems. I would like to set up a continuous integration system, but that only solves part of the problem. Is there any way to make life easier for a Pythonista who's forced to use Windows/IIS?

Answer 1

Have you looked into Paver? It might not be the perfect solution, but maybe better then your current process.

And it has setuptools (and other useful wrappers) built-in.