Python Paste
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   I want to put these somewhere sometime, but no place for them now...
   Python Paste -- 50% tastier than Elmer's!  
   Paste: making the web sticky.  
   Fix broken websites by applying Paste liberally.
   Paste: paper over your inconsistencies. 
   Paste: a soft mixture of malleable consistency.  
   Paste: a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers.  
   Paste: glue that won't hurt you if you eat it.
   Python Paste: the web extruded into the form of a snake.
   Paste: the vinegar eel.
   Paste: you bring the cut.
   Paste: a doughy substance from which to make metaphorical web cupcakes.
   LAMP?  LAMPP!
   Putting the P in Wep 2.0!
   Frankenweb crush tiny humans!
   DSL? DSF!
   Paste: Comfort for the framework-scarred

Python Paste brings consistency to Python web development and web
application installation, providing tools for both developers and
system administrators.

Status
------

Paste has passed version 1.0.  Paste is an actively maintained
project.  As of 1.0 (and actually before) we'll make a strong effort
to maintain backward compatibility.  This will include deprecation
warnings when necessary.  Major changes will take place under new
functions or with new entry points.

Using Paste does not exclude the use of other WSGI libraries and
components.  There's really no advantage to putting new development or
major rewrites in Paste, as opposed to putting them in new packages.
Because of this it is planned that major new development will happen
outside of Paste.  This makes Paste a very stable and conservative
piece of infrastructure for building on.  This is the intention.

For up-to-the-minute status see the `news file <news.html>`_.

Paste for Administrators
------------------------

* Easily install, run, and configure multiple Paste-enabled web
  applications at once, and integrate them into your website how you
  want (SCGI, FCGI, AJP, WSGI)

* Manage and install web applications system-wide for easy maintenance

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  * `See an installation example <install-example.html>`_ or `read more
    about what Paste-enabled means... <enabled.html>`_

Paste for Web Developers
------------------------

* Increase your web application's audience

* Provide starter templates and custom commands for using your web
  framework

* Keep your development and deployment straightened out, and your
  automated testing streamlined

* Attention paid to the full development cycle -- starting projects,
  converting old projects, updating and deploying projects -- using a
  set of `complementary packages and tools <related-projects.html>`_

* `read more about some of the available features
  <developer-features.html>`_

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  * `See a development example <develop-example.html>`_ or `read more
    about using Paste in your
    applications... <developer-features.html>`_

Documentation
=============

* `Testing applications with Paste <testing-applications.html>`_
* `URL parsing with WSGI <url-parsing-with-wsgi.html>`_
* `A Do-It-Yourself Framework <do-it-yourself-framework.html>`_
* `Paste HTTP Server Thread Pool <paste-httpserver-threadpool.html>`_
* `Contributing developer guidelines <DeveloperGuidelines.html>`_
* `Style guide <StyleGuide.html>`_

Components
==========

* `Paste Deploy <./deploy/>`_

* `Paste Script <./script/>`_

* `Paste Module Index <module-index.html>`_

* `Paste WebKit <./webkit/>`_

* `Wareweb <./wareweb/>`_

* `WSGI specification <http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0333.html>`_

* `Example application: to-do
  <http://svn.pythonpaste.org/Paste/apps/Todo_SQLObject_ZPT/trunk/>`_.

* `Example application: FileBrowser
  <http://svn.pythonpaste.org/Paste/apps/FileBrowser/trunk/>`_

License
=======

Paste is distributed under the `MIT license
<http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php>`_.