[Twisted-Python] Re: Pyjamas + web2py + twisted vs Django + Pinax (Cary Hull)

Theron D. Huffman huffman at tokyo.email.ne.jp
Fri Dec 19 01:14:26 EST 2008


Thanks Cary,

Where would Nevow/Athena fit in my strategy? 1, 2, 3 , or 4?

Actually I have looked at Nevow/Athena and I'm very afraid of using it 
because there's only a few examples and a complete lack of documentation.

Dan

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> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:57:54 -0800
> From: "Cary Hull" <cary.hull at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Twisted-Python] Pyjamas + web2py + twisted vs Django +
> Pinax
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> Have you looked at Nevow/Athena?
> http://divmod.org/trac/wiki/DivmodNevow
>
> -Cary
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Theron D. Huffman
> <huffman at tokyo.email.ne.jp> wrote:
>> I'm about to start programming a game in Python. The game will be a
>> web-based board game with a social aspect, something like
>> http://www.chesspark.com. I want the game to run in both browsers and as 
>> a
>> desktop client. Therefore I'm wondering what python-based technologies I
>> need. I know that Javascript/AJAX is necessary for the browser part so I
>> have decided on the following:
>>
>> 1. Pyjamas -  (for the AJAX browser stuff)
>>
>> 2. Pyjamas-desktop - (for the desktop client)
>>
>> 3. Web2py (or djanjo, or django+pinax)  - for the website on which the 
>> game
>> will run and for database access and social part - login, chat, members,
>> profiles, game history, etc.)
>>
>> 4. Twisted - for the networking and chat functionality.
>>
>> 5. Pygame - for most of the game stuff, sprites, inages, etc. (Actually I
>> don't know if Pygame is necessary for a board-type game.)
>>
>> My understanding of the above technologies is still limited and I'm not 
>> sure
>> if I need all of these because some functionality may be overlapped. e.g. 
>> I
>> don't know where Pyjamas leaves off and where web2py/danjo/pinax begins.
>>
>> Can someone please give me some advice?
>>
>> Kindest Regards,
>> Dan Huffman
>>
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