On 3/7/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This might be a stupid idea... but I might be willing to work with someone > who understands Python web development to work on a better intro tutorial. > The current tutorials are rather cryptic and hard to understand, as they > assume you know what a lot of things are that they are talking about. I was > thinking about taking a rough tutorial on how to make something in Python > (say a simple webpage?) and then ask questions as I go along about the many > things that are not explained... then modify the tutorial to include > explanations and new code samples to make it easier to understand.
By the way, I'm not suggesting you convert to Django, but have a look at the Django tutorial to see if it makes more sense to you. Pylons really is "a hacker's" framework, so it's not always so easy for newbies. > BTW, Mike, what's this Python site of yours? I have an idea for a > documentation site that I would like to run by you and see if your are > interested.... Well, better yet, why don't I post it here and now? :) > > Ever noticed how most documentation sites have some kind of copyright or > copyleft attached to it? Other than the rare Creative Commons site, I have > yet to see any documentation sites dedicated to a kind of "public domain" > documentation -- you know, something with no strings attached - completely > free for all -- akin to the free source licenses for code (MIT, BSD, public > domain). I really would like to have something like this for programmers -- > a site with tutorials, documentations, and quick function references, etc.... > Who knows, perhaps all the people working on the various Python web > frameworks would like to convert over their documentation to this and allow > others to add to it. Oh, no. Let's not start talking about licenses! By the way, I work right next door (in the same building) to the Creative Commons people :) Happy Hacking! -jj > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Mike Orr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 3/7/07, Patrick K. O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 6, 2007, at 9:57 PM, Mike Orr wrote: > > > > > > > What's probably lacking is an explanation of Pylons in PHP terms. > > > > > > That was a great overview, Mike. Someone needs to put that on a wiki > > > page, imo. > > > > I'm making a page for the Pylons site. It's not up yet though. > > > > Thanks to Arthur for bringing this to our attention. It's one of > > those things that makes a significant difference for people > > considering Python frameworks. The same goes for those from Java and > > ASP backgrounds, but I've never used those so I don't have any > > specific comments. > > > > -- > > Mike Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Paste-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://webwareforpython.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/paste-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Paste-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://webwareforpython.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/paste-users > -- http://jjinux.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Paste-users mailing list [email protected] http://webwareforpython.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/paste-users
