The Python module library (which is included, like PHP's) is set up in something resembling a sane, logical system.
This. Coming from a Java background, I had the opportunity to begin and deploying custom applications over a year ago. Since then, I have found the language pragmatic and straight-to-the-point i.e. Pythonic. You should see how Java developer's head spin when I tell them I got a prototyped RESTful Web Service interacting with our legacy system in two days.... TWO DAYS! This is from someone who considers himself a basement coder versus all these J2EE developer types Thank you Flask! Plain and simple, Python rocks and it rocks hard. I'm buying this book ASAP.
...when fits of creativity run strong, more than one programmer or writer has been known to abandon the desktop for the more spacious floor. - Fred Brooks, Jr.