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SourceForge.net chooses Python, TurboGears and MongoDB
- st3fan 17y agoDoes it really matter what technology they use? I think they have a much more fundamental problem. * Compared to github or bitbucket or any of the way more modern alternatives (even the SVN based ones) SF.net has terrible collaboration tools. * It is riddled with banner ads. * It times out most of the time on basic services There was a time when SF.net was the best, but it has been made completely irrelevant by much much better alternatives.
- melling 17y agoI'm not sure that it matters which technology is used. However, it is helpful for developers to be able to point to large, successful sites that are written in Python, Ruby, Scala, Clojure, etc. because management is not going to take a chance on something that's "unproven". It usually requires overwhelming evidence to convince someone not to keep using the status quo. Java/JSP, for example. There are companies that can't make the move from Java 1.4 to 1.5, for some reason.
- lnguyen 17y agoMigrating infrastructure comes at the expense of developing new functionality. Your business partners and customers aren't going to wait around while you fix the plumbing.
- pvg 17y agoOf course it matters - migration of a site of this scale to a new set of technologies is interesting, regardless of the trendiness of Sourceforge. Sourceforge is still a much, much larger operation than github, to boot.
- xtho 17y agoIMHO their problem is that they use too many technologies and many of those they keep not for too long. In that sense it matters.
- Rantenki 17y agoPython++ MongoDB, sure. Turbogears?
- grayrest 17y agoMark Ramm (maintainer) works for SF. It's not like it's a bad framework.