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1.4 +Introduction
1.5 +------------
1.6 +
1.7 WebStack is a package which provides a common API for Python Web applications,
1.8 regardless of the underlying server or framework environment. It should be
1.9 possible with WebStack to design and implement an application and to choose a
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1.11 (should the deployment requirements change after the application has been
1.12 written).
1.13
1.14 +Framework Support
1.15 +-----------------
1.16 +
1.17 Currently, BaseHTTPRequestHandler (via BaseHTTPServer in the standard library),
1.18 mod_python, Twisted and Webware are supported. Each framework has its own set of
1.19 strengths and weaknesses, but the idea is that deployment concerns can be
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1.21 Consult the NOTES.txt files in each framework's subdirectory of the docs
1.22 directory for some notes on how applications may be run in each environment.
1.23
1.24 +Tested Frameworks
1.25 +-----------------
1.26 +
1.27 +BaseHTTPRequestHandler Python 2.2.2
1.28 +mod_python 3.0.3
1.29 +Twisted 1.0.5
1.30 +Webware 0.8.1, CVS (2004-02-06)
1.31 +
1.32 +Future Work
1.33 +-----------
1.34 +
1.35 Things to consider for future releases: higher-level authentication support,
1.36 -cookie handling, redirects, and much better documentation.
1.37 +cookie handling, redirects, session interfaces, and much better documentation.
1.38 +
1.39 +Field storage needs testing, especially for anything using the
1.40 +cgi.FieldStorage class, and either the Twisted support needs a wrapper class
1.41 +resembling cgi.FieldStorage, or the whole structure of form fields needs
1.42 +reviewing.