My first web app (Python): use CGI, or a framework like Django?

Question

I don’t want to burden you all with the details, but basically I’m a 2nd year compsci student with no Web dev experience.

Basically I want to create a small “web app” t

Answer 1

Why setup and maintain your own webserver if you can use app engine. It has an excellent SDK for testing your code. Here is an example https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/gettingstarted/handlingforms

And Django you will find here : https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/gettingstarted/templates I prefer to use Jinja for templating.