How would one use Python as a PHP alternative?
If there a hello world example somewhere?
ultimatebuster 14 Posting Whiz in Training
jcao219 18 Posting Pro in Training
You have to use some sort of web framework,
Ruby by itself doesn't work on the web, so that's why there is Rails.
Same thing with Python,
you have to use something like Django, web2py, pylons, etc.
snippsat 661 Master Poster
You can use cgi module,work in way same as php.
The other way is as postet over use to use web framework.
To test cgi you have to run a webserver like xampp.
To set up xampp look here.
http://jerryoem.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!4032172F84519E20!342.entry
Then you can run python script in browser.
This will print hello world in your browser.
#!C:/python26/python.exe
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"
print('''\
<html>
<head>
<title>Hello</title>
</head>
<body>
Hello world!
</body>
</html>
''')Links for cgi.
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_cgi_programming.htm
http://webpython.codepoint.net/cgi_tutorial
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