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Pinax (software)
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Pinax is an open source
platform for rapidly developing websites, based on the Django web application framework
, written in Python
.
It came out of an effort to further the use of reusable apps, to make a more accessible bundle of the many components already available for Django, and enabling rapid development of different kinds of web sites.
During its initial development, Pinax was used to create a social networking web site, later spun off as Cloud27.
Pinax is highly regarded in the Django community, and could be seen as a competitor to large, open source, content management frameworks such as Drupal
and Plone.
Pinax was initially announced with the name Tabula Rasa
, but it was changed to Pinax a few days later.
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
platform for rapidly developing websites, based on the Django web application framework
Web application framework
A web application framework is a software framework that is designed to support the development of dynamic websites, web applications and web services. The framework aims to alleviate the overhead associated with common activities performed in Web development...
, written in Python
Python (programming language)
Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive...
.
It came out of an effort to further the use of reusable apps, to make a more accessible bundle of the many components already available for Django, and enabling rapid development of different kinds of web sites.
During its initial development, Pinax was used to create a social networking web site, later spun off as Cloud27.
Pinax is highly regarded in the Django community, and could be seen as a competitor to large, open source, content management frameworks such as Drupal
Drupal
Drupal is a free and open-source content management system and content management framework written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 1.5% of all websites worldwide ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and...
and Plone.
Pinax was initially announced with the name Tabula Rasa
Tabula rasa
Tabula rasa is the epistemological theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content and that their knowledge comes from experience and perception. Generally proponents of the tabula rasa thesis favour the "nurture" side of the nature versus nurture debate, when it comes to aspects...
, but it was changed to Pinax a few days later.