Pillars of Python: Web2py Web framework Web2py combines abundant
features and powerful tools, backed by excellent documentation
Web2py was created by Massimo Di Pierro, a professor of computer
science at DePaul University, as his attempt to build a Python-
based Web framework that was easy to use as well as powerful.
It's a well-crafted, rock-solid framework that, like Zope 2,
provides its own development environment. An example of Web2py's
convenience is its uncluttered API. The Web2py core is trimmed
to an essential 12 objects, largely thanks to the fact that the
API was completely designed before being implemented. In
addition, Web2py boasts a small footprint: about 300KB of code
for the system core, database abstraction layer, templating
language, and supporting functions. Examples of Web2py's power
are its Web-based soup-to-nuts administration and development
console, the database abstraction layer that supports virtually
every RDBMS that Python can support, and its "components" --
Web-page entities that