Database Scalability:
Automatically batches and minimizes the number of inserts sent to the database
Loads just the data you want: supports both eager loading and lazily loading of objects
Objects can map to any relation, not just a physical table
Multi-database support
High quality legacy database support
Template engine:
Supports Genshi, Mako and Jinja out of the box
All template engines support template functions or macros
All template engines have support for python expressions (no need to learn a whole new language for your templates)
Genshi supports match tags that allow you to easily create your own template tag libraries
Genshi helps to ensure valid parsible HTML output
Genshi supports XML output natively – not via string concatenation so output is always valid
Genshi supports intelegent (context aware) automatic escaping which reduces the risk of cross site scripting vulnerabilities in your app
Caching:
High performace cache, that automatically protects you from the dogpile effect.
Support for multiple back-ends include dbm, file, memory, cookie, memcached, and database
Signed cookie’s to prevent session hijacking/spoofing
Cache’s can be divided into namespaces
You can pass in a function to automatically create new cache copies after expiration
JavaScript and Ajax:
