Web2py

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web2py Enterprise Web Framework

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Original author(s)	Massimo Di Pierro
Initial release	September 27, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-09-27)
Stable release	2.27.1[1]  / 16 November 2023; 12 months ago (16 November 2023)
Repository	Web2py Repository
Written in	Python
Platform	Cross-platform
Type	Web application framework
License	GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 (LGPLv3)
Website	www.web2py.com

Web2py is an open-source web application framework written in the Python programming language. Web2py allows web developers to program dynamic web content using Python. Web2py is designed to help reduce tedious web development tasks, such as developing web forms from scratch, although a web developer may build a form from scratch if required.^[2]

Web2py was originally designed as a teaching tool with emphasis on ease of use and deployment. Therefore, it does not have any project-level configuration files. The design of web2py was inspired by the Ruby on Rails and Django frameworks. Like these frameworks, web2py focuses on rapid development, favors convention over configuration approach and follows a model–view–controller (MVC) architectural pattern.