Abstract
IT managers all face the following problem: On the one hand, applications live forever. On the other hand, significant cost savings are realized by replacing the infrastructure of hardware, OS and networking software every few years. "Middleware" is the buffer between long-lived applications and underlying infrastructure. In today's IT environment, applications must integrate within the organization and across organizational boundaries. Middleware  Python  serves as the glue that ties diverse applications together in distributed environments. Python and its associated Twisted framework are particularly suited as a middleware platform. Python is a full-featured, highly advanced programming platform, with roots in LISP and Smalltalk. Many organizations are adopting Python and Twisted as the platforms of choice for distributed application development. 's high-level, powerful simplicity makes it an excellent choice for abstracting out complexity. It's vast portability and inter-operability, make it the system of choice for wrapping legacy applications. Its Free/Open Source heritage guarantees freedom from vendor dependence. Finally, Python is the only language that both Microsoft and its competitors all support in their web services platforms. Python has been extended by Twisted, a sophisticated event-driven network framework, that provides extremely powerful, scalable and flexible enterprise application integration capabilities. |