web-frameworks

python web framework large project

Hi Everyone, I need your advices to choose a Python Web Framework for developing a large project: Database (Postgresql)will have at least 500 tables, most of them with a composite primary key, lots of constraints, indexes & queries. About 1,500 views for starting. The project belongs to the financial area. Alwasy new requirements are c...

webframework effort estimate

How do convert effort estimate say in function points to a specific web framework like django? Or is effort estimation solely dependent on the architecture of the web framework? ANy hints or guidelines would help. EDIT would you be restrictive in thinking say, this is my framework, say django, and let me think in terms of converting my...

should i use the web framework for implementing a bunch of external links that likely won't change?

i'm building my webapp using the wicket java web framework. there is one page that i'm building right now contains 20+ external links, a lot of them are pointing to the wikipedia pages. i'm currently hardcoding the url for all these links in the html page. i could definitely add these links by using the framework (wicket has a class fo...

Why don't Django and CherryPy support HTTP verb-based dispatch natively?

It's not the same to POST to an URL than to GET it, DELETE it or PUT it. These actions are fundamentally different. However, Django seems to ignore them in its dispatch mechanism. Basically, one is forced to either ignore HTTP verbs completely or do this on every view: def my_view(request, arg1, arg2): if request.method == 'GET': ...

Whats the easiest way to create an Admin Panel for dynamic websites?

I've heard about web frameworks like Rails, Django, CakePHP and others, that help programmers to quickly create dynamic websites which are basically a web GUI to interact with a database. I was wondering if there are ways to "generate" these Admin Panel GUIs pretty much automatically, something like a Microsoft Access for the web? Where...

Why did you stop using Tapestry?

This question goes out to those who have used Tapestry as a web framework and then either gave it up or switched to something else, or even ported their application from Tapestry to something else. The question is why? What led you to make this change? EDIT: Also, what framework (if any) did you change to? ...

Best Java RAD web framework

What is the best web framework in Java for RAD development? Preferably,actual Java web app and not just JVM. ...

Hotfixing Code running inside Web Container with Groovy

I have a webapp running that has a bug. I know how to fix it in the sources. However I cannot redeploy the app as I would have to take it offline to do so. (At least not right now). I now want to fix the code "at runtime". Surgery on the living object, so to speak. The app is implemented in Java and is build on top of Seam. I have add...

Which Modular Application Frameworks does exist for ASP.NET

We are working on a Modular Framework for creating web-applications in ASP.NET in these days. Kind of influenced by the workings of the group behind the CAB Framework. How many other similar frameworks (if any) exists out there...? If there are any ones which are Open Source that would be considered a bonus since then I could check out ...

Handling 3xx/4xx requests in a PHP MVC framework?

If say you're utilizing the popular: RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?$1 [L,QSA] And you're trying to make your mvc web framework handle 404's, if you don't find a corresponding view for a specified URI would you just manually send 4...

What Scala web-frameworks are available?

Hello! I've just started learning Scala and the first thing I'm going to implement is a tiny web-application. I've been using Erlang for the last year to implement server-side software, but I've never wrote web-applications before. It will be a great experience. Here is my question: are there web-frameworks for Scala except for Lift? ...

Linking to pages with Flash in a web framework

I'm using CodeIgniter but I think this can apply to any web framework. The "nav bar" and the site I'm making is Flash. Normally when you link to a page in CodeIgniter, you use the anchor() function, which you pass URL segments to, and it builds a hyperlink. But how can I link to pages within Flash? Hopefully there's a way other than cha...

Which web framework for someone who wants a job?

I want to learn a framework that promotes good programming practices and is respected by the programming community. However, I also want a framework that I can use for a day job. Which one would you recommend? This question comes from my experience of learning the basics of Django because it was highly acclaimed by developers on Stack...

A simple framework for Google App Engine (like Sinatra)?

Is there a simple 'wrapper' framework for appengine? Something like Sinatra or Juno? So that one can write code like the following: from juno import * @route('/') def index(web): return 'Juno says hi' run() UPDATE: I want to use the Python API (not Java) in GAE. ...

Which modern web frameworks are popular in a corporate setting?

My company is looking to move their software to an open source framework. Their first thought was J2EE. I know that Django and Rails are popular for recreational development, but not sure about them in a corporate setting. I was looking to compile a list of possible web frameworks to consider. Unfortunately I am not able to release ou...

Go for Zend framework or Django for a modular web application?

I am using both Zend framework and Django, and they both have they strengths and weakness, but they are both good framworks in their own way. I do want to create a highly modular web application, like this example: modules: Admin cms articles sections ... ... ... I also want all modules to be self contained with all confid...

Storefront solutions for dynamically generated digital content?

I'm looking for the cheapest options available for offering dynamically-generated digital content (a la Carfax.com or those credit report ripoff sites). Paypal would be fine for the payment gateway, but I'm interested in avoiding from-scratch coding for the storefront application. Obviously the content variable capture pages and conten...

Recommended Java frameworks for Google App Engine?

I'm new to google appengine and java webprogramming (jsp/servlets/frameworks) (not to webprogramming or java). I was wondering if appengine supported java frameworks and, if so, which of them are recomandable? Are there any frameworks that support authentication? Thanks ...

Which popular rapid web development frameworks follow the "Rails paradigm"?

I'm trying to compile a list of notable web frameworks in wide use that follow the "Rails paradigm", which in the context of this question is defined as web frameworks following these key principles: Convention over Configuration (CoC) Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) Sensible defaults Easy scaffolding: automatic generation of CRUD interfac...

Develop a web application framework in C#

Hi, I'm planning to develop my own simple and elegant web application framework in C# 3.5. I have some ideas, but not yet the best practice how it should be implemented. Maybe you can help? My ideas: It is a C# Library (DLL) It needs to use XSLT as templating language, so XML must be the output of my data-/model-layer It needs to con...