web2py Reviews & Product Details

Very simplistic framework with minimal footprint and loads of flexibility. Not constrained in architecture, design and interoperability at all. Had no concerns with the learning curve as well, as had not even heard about it when I got to work on a product already developed in Web2py. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some more support and documentation would have helped but if you can go into the framework code you are all set. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MVC model helps tu build up applications faster Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would want it to be conpatible with python3 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This frameworks works as a charm when you want to multiple web applications work on the same database at same time. There is no issue of database latency or any other issues when you do this. Also they provide number of examples in the documentation which if you thoroughly study would make you understand everything about web2py which basically helps one to learn fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The querying API is not efficient and lacks in optimisation. This sometimes creates load to server if a complex query is fired by some view. Also joins and groupbys are difficult with the present API. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really like one thing about this library that it can handle multiple databases at a time without any latency. Also another great thing about databases is, they allow same database to be used in different web applications running simultaneously. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The documentation is not enough descriptive. I personally faced many issues while implementing as shown in documentation. Another point I would like to mention is this library is not that advanced as you can find other web development frameworks in python like Flask and django. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This is a wonderful framework, which makes web development really fun for a newbe. I would recommend all newbies to learn this framework as it will be mainstream in the future.

For web2py long term backward compatibility is a primary goal, together with security.

The web2py community is open and friendly and it gives concrete support to newbies and old timers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

web2py documentation does not follow the common pattern of using Sphinx, MkDocs or ReadTheDocs which is goos for exeperienced developers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is super fast web development framework with easy support of database integration . As a python developer i found it really intuitive to development multiple websites so easily using this framework . It if fast and websites rarely have latency issues . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

API especially the database api used for querying is not optimized since it a query which output large data can create burden on server . APi can be improved easily so this can be resolved soon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a pretty good framework where one can easily build a full stack web application. It also provides database support that really makes the work easy. Also one of the best things about web2py is you can use one database in multiple web applications at a time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The documentation is not that good and seems out dated. And also there are no updates on the library in a while. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A pleasure to work with. I have worked with other python frameworks and was not comfortable. Once I started testing web2py, I realize that I can get so much more done in such a short time.Very good concept. Visual admin for apps and online edit of code. Template language very good. Less typing than django. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

web2py doesn't support unit testing, it supports doc tests which is far from being optimal for a testing freak like me and is too limited in terms for the scope, you cannot really do the same level of tests you used to do in normal server side or desktop programs. Very bad error reporting, although this is quite debatable but I've been quite dissatisfied with that and let me tell you my reasons:

Web2py does not differentiate between development mode and production mode, if an exception is thrown a ticket is generated all the times and you will gave to navigate to the ticket to see the error. In production that would be useful (although I would have loved to see more control on how/where the ticket is stored/generated. In development mode this is a headache, I really need to see the error instantly and not to see a ticket number! The error message for a syntax error or coding errors in web2py is ambiguous (try doing a mistake in the model) that's because web2py takes your code and merges it into larger file to run, thus, it cannot determine the line number of the error or the source of the error correctly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One can build full-stack web applications only using the web2py API as they provide all the components one require to make a functional web page. Also it has database support, the best thing is we can run multiple web applications that use the same database. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The documentation is not up to date and some essential parts don't have enough information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It provides variety of tools to play around with all the phases of web development from back-end database support to front-end templates. It really makes ones task easy by the powerful API it provides. All one is to do is to refer the documentation and code as the documentation is well described along with tons of examples explained. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It sometimes becomes difficult to handle database as the querying API is not that handy, one needs to figure out before performing any query. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.