http://cheetahtemplate.org

**Cheetah** is a Python-powered template engine and code generator.  It
can be used as a standalone utility or it can be combined with other
tools.  Cheetah has many potential uses, but web developers looking
for a viable alternative to ASP, JSP, PHP and PSP are expected to be
its principle user group.

Cheetah:

* generates HTML, SGML, XML, SQL, Postscript, form email, LaTeX,
  or any other text-based format.

* cleanly separates content, graphic design, and program code.  This
  leads to highly modular, flexible, and reusable site architectures;
  faster development time; and HTML and program code that is easier to
  understand and maintain. It is particularly well suited for team
  efforts.

* blends the power and flexibility of Python with a simple template
  language that non-programmers can understand.

* gives template writers full access to any Python data structure,
  module, function, object, or method in their templates.

* makes code reuse easy by providing an object-orientated interface to
  templates that is accessible from Python code or other Cheetah
  templates.  One template can subclass another and selectively
  reimplement sections of it.

* provides a simple, yet powerful, caching mechanism that can
  dramatically improve the performance of a dynamic website.

* compiles templates into optimized, yet readable, Python code.

Cheetah integrates tightly with **Webware for Python**
(http://webwareforpython.org): a Python-powered application server and
persistent servlet framework. Webware provides automatic session,
cookie, and user management and can be used with almost any
operating-system, web server, or database. Through Python, it works
with XML, SOAP, XML-RPC, CORBA, COM, DCOM, LDAP, IMAP, POP3, FTP, SSL,
etc.. Python supports structured exception handling, threading, object
serialization, unicode, string internationalization, advanced
cryptography, and more. It can also be extended with code and
libraries written in C, C++, Java and other languages.

Like Python, Cheetah and Webware are Open Source Software and are
supported by active user communities.  Together, they are a powerful
and elegant framework for building dynamic web sites.

Like its namesake, Cheetah is fast, flexible and powerful.

-- TavisRudd_ - 29 Oct 2001