In a keynote at the SciPy conference Aug. 17-18 in Pasadena, Calif., Guido van Rossum, the creator of the Python language, proclaimed Django as the preferred Web framework for Python development.

If you've ever wished for an easier way to track errors in Python-Django apps, ... Next, install the Django framework and verify it is working, as shown in Listing 2. Listing 2.

Django is a well-designed and mature framework for Python; it works smoothly and rarely gets in your way. Django is geared toward SQL databases, so it may not be the best choice if you prefer to ...