I've decided to push forward with the project using Django with separate client instances. It will keep my development overhead low and allow me to better focus on the application.
I appreciate all the great feedback. This has definitely clarified a lot for me. -MG On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 11:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 10, 8:53 pm, mguthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Graham, > > Thanks for the detailed response. I have yet to get too much into > > the internals of Apache in regards to Python applications. My > > background is in PHP which is a whole different beast with it's own > > unique way of being tweaked. I'll have to look into the mod_wsgi > > setup you mentioned. I've heard a lot of things regarding wsgi with > > other Python projects. > > Discussing all of this has made me re-think my approach and whether > > Django will be a good fit for this specific project. It may be better > > for me to simply use a different python framework and let the client > > separation be handled via the application and not separated out by > > Apache or any other server (lighttpd, nginx, etc). > > Like I noted my background is in PHP development so understanding > > the Python way of doing things is new territory for me. Thanks for > > the feedback. > > The way I see it, any good design will end with you setting up > separate instances of your code per client. You COULD have a "client > id" field in every single model that will be distinguished between > clients, but this will be difficult. For one, you're going to need to > create a new User model (Totally doable, actually, but a hassle), and > trying to maintain all those different clients in the same tables is > just begging for mix-ups and errors. > > As said above, if you use apache, I would try using the worker MPM and > mod_wsgi, and just make sure that all your code is thread safe. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
