Google Appengine: Probably _the_ easiest platform to develop a webapp on if you use Python and are okay with its limitations. Tornado: If you are going to deve

Google Appengine: Probably _the_ easiest platform to develop a webapp on if you use Python and are okay with its limitations. Tornado: If you are going to develop on GAE, Tornado is the way to go. It is fast, well written, and only includes the core features needed for a web app. I can't highlight how much easier it has made things for me since switching from Django. Debugging Tornado's source code was a breath of fresh air compared to Django's monkey-patched bird's nest of dependencies.