Compare CherryPy and TurboGears
CherryPy allows developers to build web applications in much the same way they would build any other object-oriented Python program. CherryPy has built-in tools for sessions, static files, cookies, file uploads, caching, encoding, authorization, compression, and many more.
TurboGears was born as a full stack layer on top of Pylons, and many other disparate libraries and middleware. It is now a standalone WSGI web framework designed around MVC architecture inspired by Ruby on Rails and provides all the features developes need for web development. It can also run in minimal mode and act like a microframework such as Flask.
Let's see how CherryPy and TurboGears compare on various factors and features and which to choose when.
Type
A minimalist, object-oriented and popular web framework for Python.
Type
A full-stack web application framework for Python.
Used by
Used in production services at Netflix and Hulu
16 job openings which list CherryPy in the job description.
3 job openings which list TurboGears in the job description.
Very
fast. Extensions could impact performance adversely.
Not as
performant as barebones or even fullstack frameworks. Extensions could impact performance adversely.
Flexibility
Very flexible and simple. Doesn't force anything on developers.
Flexibility
Developers can use TurboGears as a microframework which is very flexible. However, as you start building towards a fullstack solution, it does expect things to be done in a certain way.
Ease of Learning
Straightforward and easy to learn. Being around for almost 20 years, it has a good amount of tutorials online.
Ease of Learning
Has a learning but since it uses a lot of exisitng 3rd party libraries it becomes are little easier to onboard. It also has a decent amount of tutorials online.
RDBMS Support
Through Plugins or Extensions
No built-in ORM framework. Leaves it up to developers to choose their own such as SQLAlchemy.
NoSQL Support
No built-in support for NoSQL databases but developers can use libraries to talk to MongoDB, DynamoDB etc.
NoSQL Support
Supports MongoDB out of the box using
Ming ORM. Ming ORM was developed to look like SQLAlchemy so it's easier for developers familiar with SQLAlchemy to start using it.
Admin Dashboard
Through Plugins or Extensions
No built-in admin panel.
Admin Dashboard
Built-in admin panel.
REST Support
No built-in support but can be implemented easily. Read
this guide to implement.
Security
No built-in protection. Must be handled by developers themselves or by using 3rd party extensions.
Security
Little built-in protection. Must be handled by developers themselves or by using 3rd party extensions.
Templating Library
Doesn't come with a built-in templating language or package. Developers can use Jinja2, Mako. See full list
here
Templating Library
Ships with internally developed Kajiki templating engine, but supports multiple templating engine including
Genshi.
Web Forms
No built-in support. Developers can use formencode or any other solution.
Web Forms
TurboGears relies on
ToscaWidgets2 for building and validating forms.
Authentication
Built-in implementation of HTTP Basic Access Authentication.
Authentication
Ships with repoze.who which is an authentication and identity framework for WSGI applications. Read more
here.
How is performance rating determined?
Performance rating is determined using reputable online benchmarks listed below.
Where is job data coming from?
Job data is collected from Indeed, Google Jobs and Stack Overflow jobs.
How is popularity calculated?
Popularity is calculated using a formula which looks at weighted score on the following publicly available data points:
- Popularity per Google Trends
- Number of GitHub Users
- Number of GitHub Stars
How is this calculated?
Ease of learning is calculated using the following data:
- Number of features and depth of tool.
- Number of online resources: articles, blogs, tutorials and YouTube videos.
- Number of courses
- Freshness of online material
For example, a microframework may not have a lot of online resources but still get a high-rating because it's minamalistic and easy to learn just by following official documentation.
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