title: Persistence for a python (cherrypy) web application?
body: <p>I am trying rewrite a simple Rails application I made a while ago with cherrypy and Python3.  So far I have been unable to find a Python replacement for ActiveRecord (the persistence part of the application).  Most of the recommendations I've found on StackOverflow have been for SQL Alchemy.  I looked into this and it seems much too complicated to get up and running.  After reading its online docs and a book from Amazon, It's still not clear how to even proceed; not a good sign. </p>
  
  <p>So my question is, what are developers using to persist data in their python3 web applications? </p>
  
  <p>Also, I looked into Django but python3 is a requirement so that's out.  </p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>