This is my Response to a "from __future__ import *" post:

Just when you think the number of web frameworks are about to plateau, here comes another. So, what is up with that TurboGears?

It seams to be built on a bunch of good stuff:

• Mochikit: A javascript library from Bob
• CherryPy: A lightweight web framework
• SQLObject: A database wrapper from Ian
• Kid: Some template engine I have not heard much about?

Is this competition with Django and Ruby on Rails? Should I take a serious look at this? It sometimes seems like the world needs another web-framework just like we all need another hole in our heads. Still, it seams a competent web programmer could easily just take the above packages without help from TurboGears, no?

I may be a little dense here, but can somebody tell me why all these different web programming frameworks are needed? Who is going to maintain these if by chance they do not get the expected traffic. And where does that leave the people who do decided to develop a serious application with these.

The Elk Framework and reference implementation reaches 1.0 beta. Features include:

• Implementation of the JDF 1.2 Base ICS 1.0 level 3 Worker Interface (hot folders excluded)
• Device capabilities checking
• Two simulated process implementations: Approval and ConventionalPrinting
• Web-based user interface for monitoring Human-ELK or HELK. Try online demo

Yippy!

Get the Beta

I will be presenting on embedding Python into a C/C++ application Thursday night. Also, will be introducing GULP. A new project designed to provide an wrapper to help C++ developers with this task.

Other presentations will be on SWIG by John Hunter from the University of Chicago and maybe somebody will present on Elmer.

So, come see me at ChiPy.