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Chapter 1: Web 2.0, Python, and Frameworks
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Consider the elder statesman of content-sharing applications, the blog, and its close rel-
ative, the wiki. Many blogs approach or exceed print journalism in their reader pene-
tration, and wikis are far more flexible than their power-hungry desktop predecessors
(such as Microsoft Office Groove) in supporting multi-user coordination and
collaboration.
Summary
In a relatively short span of time, Python developers have seen the Web move from active to interactive
to transactive. In the same span, the role of Python has evolved from page generator, to server-side con-
trol software, to the basis of exciting and capable frameworks that reduce developer burden while
enabling a new class of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). LAMP (Linux servers running Apache as Web
server, backed by a MySQL Relational database, and mediated by Python, Perl, or PHP) has evolved
into Web 2.0 and now developers can benefit from making the transition by using the tools and
techniques described in this book. It’s going to be an exciting and fun ride, so ladies and gentlemen,
start your engines.