Related link: http://www.turbogears.org/

The title of this blog entry isn’t intended to berate TurboGears or make it sound like it’s created with or intended for shoddy workmanship. The title’s intent was to point out the arena TurboGears is competing. It is a megaframework designed to facilitate the quick and easy creation of a web site (or web application). It is not a new web framework in itself, but rather a combination of the following projects:

I haven’t downloaded TurboGears yet, but I did watch their really well done “marketing” video that walks through creating a simple wiki in about 20 minutes. I was really impressed by the ease of creating and customizing a web site. I was further impressed by the simplicity of doing so.

I’m still a little skeptical, however, of what appear to be “me, too” Ruby on Rails projects. I guess maybe it’s a knee-jerk reaction against the massive amount of publicity they’ve received and wondering if they really are as good as they claim to be or if it’s just hype from “the analysts” and the masses. The thing that I”m hopeful of with TurboGears, though, is that at least two of the major components, CherryPy and SQLObject, are mature, general purpose projects with lives of their own which will live on indefinitely. Combining such technologies is a recipe for longevity.

I’m really interested, in fact, excited, to see where this project goes and how it (and Rails) impact the world of web development.

What’s your take on the Railsish technologies popping up? Is it good for the world of web development? Will it scale well for larger projects and development teams (not necessarily under heavy HTTP load)?