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Your level of knowledge in administration is not common. PHP wins on deployment because every $5 host your average beginner programmer uses already has PHP on
by jdunck 16y ago
Your level of knowledge in administration is not common. PHP wins on deployment because every $5 host your average beginner programmer uses already has PHP on it, and deploy is just ftp/sftp. By comparison, a beginner in python will probably also need to learn some *nix and/or get a root account.
When wide acceptance is the goal, even small frictions can be material.
- jrockway 16y agoUh, nope. You definitely don't need root to use Django.
- jdunck 16y agoI know. I think you're missing the point. The fact that one may make an informed decision does not change the fact that many make uninformed decisions and judge the situation based on their perception rather than independent reality. This matters, facts or no.
- Ixiaus 16y agoIn a previous comment I conceded the fact that some trappings of an excellent Python deployment solution would require more knowledge than is common to the average "I want a site that I can post content to" user. However. I still think a well engineered application that could cater to many of the $5 hosts' python setups could be just as easy to setup as a PHP app.