"Django was the selected framework for use on an O&B project that required a rapid ramp-up and had to perform smoothly in a very tight, low-resource environment."

Django is an open-source high-level Python web framework built for rapid development of complex database-driven websites. 

In such a tight environment it helped that Python was readily available on the operating system so Django was a good fit. Comprehensive framework documentation kept obstacles to a minimum and development easy, the only small issue being a transition in mindset from the usual servlet or model-view-controller (MVC) structures to one where the domain models are made smarter and closer to the original concept of MVC. Django has an object-relational mapper (ORM) that supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Oracle, and on MS SQL.

Django emphasizes pluggability of components, allows for the design of elegant URLs, and high separation of design, content, and code using designer-friendly templates. It also comes with a sites framework that allows muliple websites to run off one Django install.

Google App Engine includes Django 0.96.1 as one of the available bundled frameworks. Django and Google App Engine have similar model concepts so adjusting the data models to fit the Google App Engine Datastore APIs is quick.

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