<s>
CherryPy	B-Application
is	O
an	O
object-oriented	B-Language
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
framework	I-Application
using	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
rapid	O
development	O
of	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
by	O
wrapping	O
the	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
but	O
stays	O
at	O
a	O
low	O
level	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
offer	O
much	O
more	O
than	O
what	O
is	O
defined	O
in	O
RFC	O
7231	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CherryPy	B-Application
can	O
be	O
a	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
itself	O
or	O
one	O
can	O
launch	O
it	O
via	O
any	O
WSGI	B-Language
compatible	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
goals	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
founder	O
,	O
Remi	O
Delon	O
,	O
was	O
to	O
make	O
CherryPy	B-Application
as	O
pythonic	O
as	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
the	O
developer	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
framework	O
as	O
any	O
regular	O
Python	B-Language
module	O
and	O
to	O
forget	O
(	O
from	O
a	O
technical	O
point	O
of	O
view	O
)	O
that	O
the	O
application	O
is	O
for	O
the	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
the	O
common	O
Hello	O
World	O
program	O
with	O
CherryPy	B-Application
3	O
would	O
look	O
like	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
CherryPy	B-Application
implements	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
HTTP/1.1	B-Protocol
-compliant	O
,	O
WSGI	B-Language
thread-pooled	B-Operating_System
webserver	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typically	O
,	O
CherryPy	B-Application
itself	O
takes	O
only	O
1	O
–	O
2	O
ms	O
per	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
any	O
other	O
WSGI-enabled	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
or	O
adapter	O
,	O
including	O
Apache	B-Application
,	O
IIS	B-Application
,	O
lighttpd	B-Protocol
,	O
mod_python	O
,	O
FastCGI	O
,	O
SCGI	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
mod_wsgi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
HTTP	B-Application
servers	I-Application
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
plugin	B-Application
system	O
CherryPy	B-Application
plugins	B-Application
hook	O
into	O
events	O
within	O
the	O
server	O
process	O
—	O
into	O
server	O
startup	O
,	O
server	O
shutdown	O
,	O
server	O
exiting	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Built-in	O
tools	O
for	O
caching	B-Protocol
,	O
encoding	B-General_Concept
,	O
sessions	B-Protocol
,	O
authorization	O
,	O
static	O
content	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CherryPy	B-Application
tools	O
hook	O
into	O
events	O
within	O
the	O
request	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whenever	O
the	O
CherryPy	B-Application
server	O
receives	O
a	O
request	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
specific	O
set	O
of	O
steps	O
it	O
goes	O
through	O
to	O
handle	O
that	O
request	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CherryPy	B-Application
deployments	O
are	O
configurable	O
on	O
site	O
,	O
on	O
application	O
and	O
on	O
controller	O
level	O
,	O
through	O
Python	B-Language
dictionaries	O
,	O
configuration	O
files	O
,	O
and	O
open	O
file	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
complete	O
test	O
suite	O
for	O
core	O
functionality	O
and	O
associated	O
framework	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
test	O
CherryPy	B-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Built-in	O
profiling	O
since	O
v2.1	O
,	O
coverage	B-Application
and	O
testing	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CherryPy	B-Application
does	O
n't	O
force	O
you	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
specific	O
object-relational	B-General_Concept
mapper	I-General_Concept
(	O
ORM	B-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
template	B-Application
language	I-Application
or	O
JavaScript	B-Language
library	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Routes	O
—	O
a	O
Python	B-Language
re-implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Ruby	B-Application
on	I-Application
Rails	I-Application
's	O
routes	O
system	O
for	O
mapping	O
URLs	O
to	O
controllers/actions	O
and	O
generating	O
URLs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQLAlchemy	B-Application
—	O
a	O
database	O
backend	O
and	O
ORM	B-General_Concept
for	O
Python	B-Language
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TurboGears	B-Language
2.x	O
uses	O
CherryPy	B-Application
as	O
server	O
and	O
SQLAlchemy	B-Application
as	O
its	O
default	O
ORM	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQLObject	B-Library
—	O
a	O
popular	O
ORM	B-General_Concept
for	O
providing	O
an	O
object	O
interface	O
to	O
a	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supports	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
common	O
database	O
backends	O
:	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
distribution	O
are	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
,	O
SQLite	B-Language
,	O
Sybase	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
MaxDB	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
and	O
Firebird	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
TurboGears	B-Language
1.x	O
uses	O
CherryPy	B-Application
as	O
server	O
and	O
SQLObject	B-Library
as	O
ORM	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
MongoEngine	O
An	O
ODM	O
for	O
connecting	O
to	O
MongoDB	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mako	B-Library
—	O
a	O
template	O
library	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
usable	O
with	O
a	O
simple	O
CherryPy	B-Application
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cheetah	B-Language
—	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
template	B-Application
engine	I-Application
and	O
code	O
generation	O
tool	O
,	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
CherryTemplate	O
—	O
a	O
templating	O
language	O
for	O
CherryPy	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Genshi	B-Language
—	O
a	O
powerful	O
XML	O
templating	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jinja	B-Language
—	O
a	O
general	O
purpose	O
templating	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CherryPy	B-Application
has	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
using	O
Jinja	B-Language
templates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kid	B-Language
—	O
a	O
simple	O
template	B-Application
language	I-Application
for	O
XML	O
based	O
vocabularies	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
TurboGears	B-Language
1.x	O
uses	O
CherryPy	B-Application
as	O
server	O
and	O
Kid	B-Language
as	O
frontend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CherryPy	B-Application
wiki	O
helps	O
choosing	O
a	O
templating	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TurboGears	B-Language
—	O
CherryPy	B-Application
2.x	O
is	O
a	O
main	O
component	O
of	O
TurboGears	B-Language
1.x	O
.	O
</s>
