Python Paste
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Introduction
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Python Paste is a web application framework framework.  It uses WSGI_ 
to create a framework-neutral set of components.  It also assists with
application setup and deployment.

Paste includes a reimplementation of `Webware for Python`_.

.. _Webware for python: http://www.webwareforpython.org
.. _WSGI: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0333.html

To check out Paste::

    $ svn co http://svn.w4py.org/Paste/trunk Paste

Note that it includes a script ``build-pkg`` which fetches a bunch of
packages that make Paste more useful.  A big tarball of all the
requirements stuffed together will probably be forthcoming.

Get Involved
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Discussion:
  paste-users@pythonpaste.org (`subscribe
  <http://pythonpaste.org/mailman/listinfo/paste-users>`__,
  `archives <http://pythonpaste.org/archives/list/paste-users.en.html>`__)

Announcements:
  paste-news@pythonpaste.org  (`subscribe
  <http://pythonpaste.org/mailman/listinfo/paste-news>`__,
  `archives <http://pythonpaste.org/archives/list/paste-news.en.html>`__,
  `atom feed <http://pythonpaste.org/news/atom.xml>`_)

Checkins:
  paste-checkins@pythonpaste.org (`subscribe
  <http://pythonpaste.org/mailman/listinfo/paste-checkins>`__,
  `rss feed <http://pythonpaste.org/trac/timeline/?daysback=90&max=50&wiki=on&ticket=on&changeset=on&milestone=on&format=rss>`_)

IRC:
  ``#webware`` on `freenode <http://freenode.net>`_

Bug reports: 
  Via `Trac <http://pythonpaste.org/trac/>`_: `view bug reports
  <http://pythonpaste.org/trac/report>`_, `submit bug
  <http://pythonpaste.org/trac/newticket>`_.  Notification goes
  to paste-bugs@pythonpaste.org  (`subscribe
  <http://pythonpaste.org/mailman/listinfo/paste-bugs>`__)

More abstract discussion about Python web programming in general:
  web-sig@python.org (`subscribe
  <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/web-sig>`__, `archives
  <http://www.python.org/pipermail/web-sig/>`__)

Resources
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* `Paste Reference Document <docs/reference.html>`_

* `Testing Applications with Paste <docs/testing-applications.html>`_,
  a document on Paste's application testing facilities.

* `To-do tutorial`_, an introduction to Paste installation and application
  design

* `URL Parsing with WSGI and Paste
  <docs/url-parsing-with-wsgi.html>`_, an introduction into the
  architecture of Paste's URL parsing, and the ways you can bring WSGI
  deeper into your framework.

* `What is Paste? <./docs/what-is-paste.html>`_: a description of the
  project scope (see also the older documents `What is WSGIKit?
  <http://blog.ianbicking.org/what-is-wsgikit.html>`_ and `What can
  WSGIKit do for you?
  <http://blog.ianbicking.org/what-can-wsgikit-do-for-you.html>`_)

* Ian Bicking presented at `PyCon 2005`_ on `WSGI Middleware and
  WSGIKit`_: *Using WSGI Middleware to build a foundation for Python web
  programming*

* The Webware API portion of Paste should be discussed on
  webware-devel@lists.sf.net

* The WSGI aspect of Paste should be discussed on web-sig@python.org

.. _To-do tutorial: ./docs/TodoTutorial.html
.. _PyCon 2005: http://pycon.org/dc2005
.. _WSGI Middleware and WSGIKit: http://www.imagescape.com/software/docs/wsgikit-pycon2005/