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authorChris McDonough <chrism@agendaless.com>2008-07-31 04:38:53 +0000
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WSGI
`Web Server Gateway Interface <http://wsgi.org/>`_. This is a
Python standard for connecting web applications to web servers,
- similar to the concept of Java Servlets.
+ similar to the concept of Java Servlets. ``repoze.bfg`` requires
+ that your application be served as a WSGI application.
+ Middleware
+ *Middleware* is a :term:`WSGI` concept. It is a WSGI component
+ that acts both as a server and an application. Interesting uses
+ for middleware exist, such as caching, content-transport
+ encoding, and other functions. See `WSGI.org <http://wsgi.org>`_
+ or `PyPI <http://python.org/pypi>`_ to find middleware for your
+ application.
Zope
`The Z Object Publishing Framework <http://zope.org>`_. The granddaddy
of Python web frameworks.