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What’s a good web dev platform if I work in Python, but want something faster to set up than Django?

10th January 2011

My answer to What’s a good web dev platform if I work in Python, but want something faster to set up than Django? on Quora

Sounds like the perfect use case for Google App Engine, with its offline task queues and one-click deployment.

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