>>I blogged about attending a local Ruby users group meeting last night, and my Ruby newbie experiences so far...
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>>http://therealmattslay.blogspot.com/2010/05/ruby-on-rails-forever.html
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>As you work in C# already, you might have fun using Ironpython. Python makes programming fun again
>(if you look at it from java trenches) and is perhaps even more dynamic than vfp. Easy prompt [>>>] instead of [.],
>but it makes "playing" in hte undiscovered land of Dotnet easier. Give it a spin...
>
>thomas

Yes, I intend to study Python as well. Actually from what I can tell, it seems that the Python user base is about double the size fo the Ruby user base, and I'm a sucker for going with the crowd.

So, Python is the language.. Tell me: what is the popular app framework that people use on top of it (for basic CRUD apps). In other words, what is the equivalent of Rails for Python? Is there one that most people use, or are there many competing one, or does each dev build his own. I like it when there is only one! That way, there's not a fragmented community when it comes the framework that everyone is using.

Also, I'm curious to see how basic data access works in Python or its popular Framework(s). ActiveRecord (in Rails) is a pretty easy thing to work with from what I know so far for basic CRUD apps.