CherryPy Essentials: Rapid Python Web Application Development: Design, develop, test, and deploy your Python web applications easily [Paperback]

Sylvain Hellegouarch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 31, 2007

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. 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.

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About the Author

Sylvain Hellegouarch

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Packt Publishing (March 31, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904811841
• ISBN-13: 978-1904811848
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,387,004 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good if you're not familiar with making web-apps already., November 4, 2008

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Jeremiah D. Dodds - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CherryPy Essentials: Rapid Python Web Application Development: Design, develop, test, and deploy your Python web applications easily (Paperback)

This book was slightly disappointing. I really like cherrypy, and was hoping for a really good, in-depth look at its internals. There are a few chapters in this book that are very good, but the vast majority of it is spent looking at how to integrate things like ORM layers and templating languages into your cherrypy app.

If I was new to the web-development scene, I would have gotten a lot from this book, but since I'm not, I didn't learn much from the majority of the book.

So, if you're new to making web-apps, and want to use cherrypy - this would be a good book to read. Otherwise, you're probably better off reading the cherrypy source / wiki.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great CherryPy Resource!, January 10, 2009

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Willie Pritchett "Willie Pritchett" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CherryPy Essentials: Rapid Python Web Application Development: Design, develop, test, and deploy your Python web applications easily (Paperback)

CherryPy Essentials guides you through learning CherryPy from beginning to end. The first three chapters of the book offer the basics of working with CherryPy (from inception, to install, to basic usage). A nice plus, which I think more books should do, occurs at the beginning of Chapter 3 where a functional web application is presented. Although short and to the point, the application does give a since of what is possible with CherryPy in a "Rapid" development perspective.

Another good point about the book is that it does give a wide overview of what is "possible" with CherryPy from Templating, to Web Services, and even Testing.

The book is well organized and can serve as a an excellent resource for anyone looking to give CherryPy a look for their web development projects.

PROS

* Well laid out and easy to follow
* Explains an assortment of useful tools for CherryPy
* Helps to get started quickly with the framework
* Includes excellent online resource

CONS

* Would like to have seen either a Web 2.0 application to be built or an enterprise level application built (even though a Photo album was presented for much of the second half of the book)
* Doesnt focus on a lot of the internals of CherryPy

OVERALL

Overall, this is one of the best books I have ever read. Very easy to get through. If you are new to CherryPy or web application development, this book is an excellent choice.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars wide breadth, shallow depth, December 10, 2007

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Chris G. Sebastian (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CherryPy Essentials: Rapid Python Web Application Development: Design, develop, test, and deploy your Python web applications easily (Paperback)

This is not a CherryPy reference manual; It is a broad introduction to a myriad of topics, intended for new web developers.

There are only two chapters (chapter 3 & 4, a total of 50 pages) that really discuss the CherryPy core itself. All other chapters cover topics that somehow relate to CherryPy (for example: template engines, SSL, REST, ORM, integrating CherryPy and Apache).

If there is one thing that this book is good for, it is for giving you a broad view of how CherryPy can be used. Even though I have been using CherryPy for a few years, there were many things I never knew CherryPy came included with (Template support, for example). Because I did not know this, I had re-invented many of those features myself for my websites -- I wish I had known that they were already there! This book does a good job of giving you the "big picture" view so that you do not unnecessarily re-invent any more wheels than you need to.