Compare Pyramid and web2py
Pyramid is a web framework that is written in Python and is based on WSGI. It is minimalistic and inspired by Zope, Pylons, and Django. Before 2010, Pyramid was known as repoze.bfg.
web2py was originally designed as a teaching tool, but it gained adoption outside of the academic world. It is a full-stack framework containing all the components needed to build fully functional web applications using the Model View Controller (MVC) pattern. Inspired by the Ruby on Rails and Django. It is not very popular right now but was ranked amongst top Python web frameworks in 2011.
Let's see how Pyramid and web2py compare on various factors and features and which to choose when.
Type
Python "microframework" for building web applications.
Type
Python full-stack for building web applications.
Used by
Reddit, Yelp, Mozilla, SurveyMoney, NewCars.com.
Used by
Not in use at any large company.
80 job openings which list Pyramid as a requirement.
8 job openings which list web2py as a requirement.
Claims to have top-notch performance but virtue of being a microframework but
benchmarks prove it to be slower than even Django beyond simple use cases.
Web2py takes a unique approach where models and controllers are executed in a single global environment, which is initialized at each HTTP request. While there are pros to this approach, such as developers never having to worry about cleaning up or avoid conflict between requests, the major disadvantage is that the code is models is executed with every request which carries a performance penalty.
Flexibility
Pyramid is flexible.
Flexibility
Not as flexible as microframeworks, but doesn't always get in the way.
Ease of Learning
Being a microframework, the learning curve isn't very steep. However, it doesn't have the same amount of tutorials, courses, and resources available for leaning compared to Django and Flask
Ease of Learning
Limited online tutorials and resources, and many are several years old. The best resource for learning is web2py author's own
"web2py Complete Reference Manual", which seems to be written in 2013.
RDBMS Support
Through Plugins or Extensions
No built-in ORM framework. Leaves it up to developers to choose a library like
SQLAlchemy
RDBMS Support
Ships with a Database Abstraction Layer (DAL) which supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and many other relational databases.
NoSQL Support
Doesn't get in the way of using NoSQL, and they are supported just as well as a relational database. Read more
here.
NoSQL Support
No built-in support. Very limited support for NoSQL databases. Currently, it only supports Google Datastore on the Google App Engine.
Admin Dashboard
Through Plugins or Extensions
Admin Dashboard
Yes ships with a built-in admin panel.
REST Support
Because it is a minimal framework, users can build a REST API themselves easily, or use a 3rd party library like
Cornice.
Security
Built-in protection against CSRF, but
XSS vulnerabilities have been discovered in older versions.
Security
Built-in protection against input injections, XSS, and common vulnerabilities. Read more
here. It has known security vulnerabilities. Please see list
here.
Templating Library
Doesn't ship with a default templating language and leaves it up to developers to add one.
Jinja2 can be added to Pyramid. Another engine popular amongst Pyramid users is
Chameleon .
Web Forms
No built-in support. Prefers 3rd party
Deform library.
Web Forms
Built-in support. 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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