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John Holcomb

In addition, python based CMS solutions are continuing to gain traction. Django is the most notable, but building a CMS from flask plugins is pretty easy too.

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Tammy Lee

My experience with Django is limited to it having been what we used prior to WordPress at my one position. Is it as accessible as WP is to new developers?

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John Holcomb • Edited

Well... yes and no... It's python, so the landscape for learning is vast and well established at this point. However, there are certain parts that you're going to have to do a bit of work on the server for. But really, that's true with WP as well, so it's just the learning curve to get past. My current focus isn't on the web front-end, but it looks like Wagtail would likely fulfill the typical needs of WP blogs.

Given the current amount of dev attention that python is getting, which is causing the same up-tick in related frameworks (Django, Flask, etc), I'd say it's a good time to kick the tires again!

I'm not really into the static site thing very much ATM, but you might be interested in django-distill and this list of python static site generators over at fullstackpython.

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Tammy Lee

I managed to write a Python class that uses AWS to queue up SMS messages without much trouble (aside from the 2/3 divide lol) but I'm also a senior dev with experience in a few languages. Servers, on the other hand, I've never been a fan of doing server work. Digital Ocean was a bit of a nightmare for me. (Trufax I only passed my server admin exams by cramming the textbook into my head the night before my final exam.)

I'm going to take a look at Wagtail! And you are correct, I am totally interested in Python static site generators! Thank you so much for the links! :D