[Twisted-Python] web vs web2 clarification

exarkun at twistedmatrix.com exarkun at twistedmatrix.com
Thu Dec 10 10:25:13 MST 2009


On 04:40 pm, jared.gisin at isilon.com wrote:
>I'm curious if anyone can shed some light on the  following sentence
>which is taken from
>"http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/WebDevelopmentWithTwisted"
>
>"We decided this was a mistake and development focus has shifted to
>porting the best parts of Twisted Web 2 back to Twisted Web where
>existing applications will benefit from them."
>
>I'm curious as to why twisted web2 was a mistake what is  the
>fundamental difference between web and web2?

Web2 was a sort of from scratch rewrite.  I don't usual defer to Joel, 
but his article is the first hit for the phrase "from scratch rewrite" 
and he basically gets it right:

  http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html

Jean-Paul




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