I don't know if it's only Java, but I agree whole-heartedly about the general health of the Python framework community. I love Django, but it's also pretty easy

I don't know if it's only Java, but I agree whole-heartedly about the general health of the Python framework community. I love Django, but it's also pretty easy to excise parts you don't need for a particular project, while being opinionated enough to get things done quickly and allow folks on the internet to help debug things. Then of course there's Flask for lightweight API projects, which can get trotted out if Django is being TOO opinionated :) Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of criticisms to level at frameworks-as-a-solution mindsets, but in the context of the OP, I think Joel's rant doesn't really apply to Python web development at the moment.