Bottle: Python Web Framework - super-simple Python web framework that comes as a single Python file. No dependencies other than the standard library. No built-in ORM, but very lean and perhaps interesting for projects where you don't need or want a database (or use the file system as a database).
Archive 7. March 2010
clojure-python - an interesting project that aims to simplify interoperability between Jython and Clojure and raise it to a similar level as it already is between Clojure and Java. Particularly interesting for me, as it would allow me to rely more on Clojure as an alternative - Jython is already a planned component of the toolkit, but has some performance issues that Clojure does not have through more direct Java integration. Moreover, I prefer to write compact Lisp code rather than verbose Java ...
hugoduncan's clj-ssh at master - GitHub - quite an interesting library that enables ssh access in Clojure scripts. For example, very interesting for server automation. Uses Jsch, a native Java ssh library (so no detour via shell-pipes or similar).
Scala: Post-Functional, Post-Modern, or Just Perl++? - interesting post that addresses some of the points that also bother me when looking at Scala. I particularly like the designation as Perl++, as that is exactly the impression that comes to me whenever I delve deeper into Scala. Perl has always fascinated me, but by the time I built larger projects with it and used the advanced features of Perl more intensively, I had some doubts about the maintainability of the result - especially with regard to handing over the work to one of my colleagues for further maintenance. At that time, I switched to Python because it offered me many of the features in a much cleaner language concept. I think this could also explain why I just can't warm up to Scala, even though many aspects of it fascinate me.