Give Django a try, it's quite well-written. I actually enjoyed reading its source and learnt a lot from it! I'm not sure where you got the idea that design pat

Give Django a try, it's quite well-written. I actually enjoyed reading its source and learnt a lot from it! I'm not sure where you got the idea that design patterns are discouraged. In all languages patterns are often better than homemade solutions. Python is no exception.