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1. INTRODUCTION

This document aims to be the authoritative source of information about Spyce, usable as a comprehensive refence, a user guide and a tutorial. It should be at least skimmed from beginning to end, so you have at least an idea of the functionality available and can refer back for more details as needed.

Spyce is a server-side language that supports elegant and efficient Python-based dynamic HTML generation. Spyce allows embedding Python in pages similar to how JSP embeds Java, but Spyce is far more than a JSP clone. Out of the box, Spyce provides development as rapid as other modern frameworks like Rails, but with an cohesive design rather than a morass of special cases.

Spyce's modular design makes it very flexible and extensible. It can also be used as a command-line utility for static text pre-processing or as a web-server proxy.

Spyce's performance is comparable to the other solutions in its class.

Note: This manual assumes a knowledge of Python and focusses exclusively on Spyce. If you do not already know Python, it is easy to learn via this short tutorial, and has extensive documentation.

Sub-sections:

• 1.1 - Rationale / competitive analysis
• 1.2 - Design Goals