+1 for Flask. We've started using it as an upgrade over web.py for
simple one-off stuff, and are also in the process of integrating it
into a much larger application. i.e., it scales both ways.

--jay

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On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 4:28 AM, Robert Berry
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> Flask is a good choice for what you want to do. I'd suggest using
> SQLAlchemy with it. It's an absolutely excellent DB abstraction layer /
> ORM.
>
> William Denton <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>
>> I have a fairly basic web service I want to hack on that would manage some
>> stuff (not too much) and feed out JSON in response to request.  I'd like to do
>> it in Python so I can get to know the language.
>>
>> StackOverflow is filled with comparisons of Python web frameworks, but I
>> wanted to get the sense from all the Python hackers here about what framework
>> might be a good one given their personal experiences.
>>
>> Django is very full-featured and well documented, and would make a complex
>> project simple, but I think has more than I need; Flask looks pretty simple
>> and could suit the basic service I want to do; web2py looks pretty rich.
>>
>> I know this isn't a particularly answerable question and the best thing to do
>> is to try one and hack on it, and do it right the second time, but since
>> future Python work might involve RDF and linked data, and there are so many
>> Python people here whose opinion I value, I thought I'd throw it out.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bill