This book covers the CherryPy library for Python web development from its history and installation through its main features and core concepts to its integration with Python and other products to construct, test, and deploy a sample photoblog application. The author Sylvain Hellegouarch is dedicated to the development of free software projects and has been coordinating and administrating the community efforts around the CherryPy project since 2004. The approach based on an example application introduces many other common Python libraries, providing transferable skills also relevant for non-web Python projects.
CherryPy is a Python library for web development that allows developers to build web applications in the same way as any other object-oriented Python program. Enriched by several years of active development, it has become one of the most established toolkits for building solid and high-performance web applications in Python. CherryPy abstracts the complex low-level HTTP protocol into an easy-to-use interface that respects Python idioms. The library aims at being simple to learn for a beginner while offering the most advanced features to fluent Python developers. For these reasons CherryPy was chosen to be at the heart of the popular and feature-rich TurboGears web framework. CherryPy-powered web applications are stand-alone Python applications with their own embedded multi-threaded web server, but can also run behind Apache or IIS for scalability.
- Walks through building a complete Python web application using CherryPy 3
- The CherryPy HTTP:Python interface
- Use CherryPy with other Python libraries
- Design, security, testing, and deployment
This book is principally geared towards Python web developers, who are looking to add the power of the CherryPy library to their existing Python skillset. It assumes a good working knowledge of Python. Although the CherryPy toolkit is at the core of the book, many other common libraries are introduced.
About the Author
Sylvain Hellegouarch is an IT Software Consultant dedicated to the development of free software projects such as CherryPy. Since 2004 he has been coordinating and administrating the community efforts around the project providing support for newcomers and seasoned developers, alike. In 2006 he developed ‘bridge’ and ‘amplee’, two Python-based projects centered on XML and the upcoming Atom Publishing Protocol respectively. He has also been deeply involved in The Viberavetions Project, a comprehensive grassroots solution for independent artists and musicians to better connect with consumers, as well as the nuXleus project, a platform designed for faster, more reliable inter and intra application and personal communication. Born in France, Sylvain graduated with a degree in Computer Science from South Brittany University, Vannes, France in 2002. Since then he has been working as an IT consultant for a variety of companies, both small and large. He currently resides in the United Kingdom.
Book Details
- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Packt Publishing (March 31, 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1904811841
- ISBN-13: 978-1904811848
- File Size: 5.1 MiB
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