▁P yl ons ▁Framework ▁is ▁an ▁open - source ▁Web ▁application ▁framework ▁written ▁in ▁Python . ▁It ▁makes ▁extensive ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁Web ▁Server ▁Gate way ▁Interface ▁standard ▁to ▁promote ▁re us ability ▁and ▁to ▁separate ▁functionality ▁into ▁distinct ▁modules . ▁It ▁is ▁strongly ▁influenced ▁by ▁Ruby ▁on ▁Rails : ▁two ▁of ▁its ▁main ▁components , ▁Rout es ▁and ▁Web Hel pers , ▁are ▁Python ▁re im plement ations ▁of ▁Rails ▁features . ▁ ▁Str ucture ▁P yl ons ▁is ▁well ▁known ▁for ▁having ▁a ▁near - complete ▁stack ▁of ▁third - party ▁tools , ▁es ch ew ing ▁the ▁" not - in vent ed - here " ▁phenomen on . ▁ ▁Install ation , ▁dependencies , ▁and ▁setup ▁The ▁official ▁installation ▁method ▁of ▁P yl ons ▁is ▁through ▁E asy Install ▁via ▁the ▁Python ▁Package ▁Index ▁( Py PI ), ▁and ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁additional ▁tools ▁are ▁typically ▁installed ▁the ▁same ▁way . ▁E asy Install ▁also ▁handles ▁package ▁dependencies ▁when ▁relevant . ▁Some ▁distributions ▁could ▁also ▁package ▁P yl ons ▁and ▁P aste , ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁likely ▁that ▁any ▁distribution ' s ▁packages ▁would ▁lag ▁the ▁official ▁distribution . ▁P yl ons ▁may ▁also ▁be ▁installed ▁by ▁hand ▁by ▁ren aming ▁its ▁. eg g ▁file ▁to ▁. zip ▁and ▁extract ing ▁the ▁contents . ▁ ▁P aste ▁is ▁used ▁for ▁project ▁setup , ▁testing , ▁and ▁deployment . ▁Using ▁the ▁common ▁IN I ▁configuration ▁format , ▁P aste ▁allows ▁for ▁multiple ▁" pro files ", ▁so ▁that ▁developers