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		pbreit on May 6, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I only know PHP. How do I write a Web application ... By far the easiest way to get started with Python web development is Web2py which comes as a self-contained install where you can get started in 5 minutes. So you automatically get "request" information, big deal.

eevee on May 6, 2012 [–]

Flask comes as a self-contained install where you can get started in 5 minutes.

pbreit on May 7, 2012 | | [–]

Flask doesn't help much with the database.

yashchandra on May 7, 2012 | | [–]

But Flask is a micro framework while web2py is a full stack framework. Comparing apples to oranges IMHO.

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