Pylons 1.0.1

Pylons Web Framework

Example Hello World

from paste.httpserver import serve from pylons import Configurator, Response

class Hello(object):

def __init__(self, request):

self.request = request

def index(self):

return Response(body="Hello World!")

if __name__ == '__main__':

config = Configurator() config.begin() config.add_handler('home', '/', handler=Hello, action='index') config.end() serve(config.make_wsgi_app(), host='0.0.0.0')

Core Features

• A framework to make writing web applications in Python easy
• Utilizes a minimalist, component-based philosophy that makes it easy to expand on
• Harness existing knowledge about Python
• Extensible application design
• Fast and efficient, an incredibly small per-request call-stack providing top performance
• Uses existing and well tested Python packages

Current Status

Pylons 1.0 series is stable and production ready. The Pylons Project now maintains the Pyramid web framework for future development. Pylons 1.0 users should strongly consider using it for their next project.

Download and Installation

Pylons can be installed with Easy Install by typing:

> easy_install Pylons

Dependant packages are automatically installed from the Pylons download page .

Development Version

Pylons development uses the Mercuial distributed version control system (DVCS) with BitBucket hosting the main repository here:

Pylons Bitbucket repository