Ask YC: Choosing a web framework

[crazyirish]

I have 3 use cases for a simple web app. 1)have people create accounts 2)login and change settings 3)as well as have people (without accounts) come and verify data. Because of what I'm doing I'd like to integrate with an existing captcha system (a-la recaptcha). Being lazy, I'd like to write the least amount of code, what webframework would you guys use?

[mdipierro]

You can easily modify KPAX (http://www.vimeo.com/1098656) to do what you need, and more. kpax is based on web2py (http://mdp.cti.depaul.edu) and you can download it from here (http://mdp.cti.depaul.edu/appliances/default/show/37).This (http://mdp.cti.depaul.edu/AlterEgo/default/show/99) shows how to add captcha. I will help you more if you sign up for the web2py google group.

[thomasswift]

rails

RESTFUL authentication - http://railscasts.com/episodes/67 recaptcha - http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/recaptcha

but you might have to modify it a little bit to allow non-account holders to modify data, sort of unconventional?

[noodle]

if you're looking for ease of use and speed, here, i'd suggest going with a framework on a language you already know well.

what languages would those be?

[crazyirish]

ruby, c, scheme, and ocaml

[tolas]

since you know ruby, i'd suggest ramaze, sinatra, merb or rails (in order of my preference)