Re: Django - technology or magic?

2007-07-24 Thread to_see
Thank you all for the constructive, informative and supportive posts. I think more time and study will put me right. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group,

Re: Django - technology or magic?

2007-07-24 Thread SH
That's one of the reasons I like django better than rails - Because there's so little magic. It's all pretty straightforward. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this

Re: Django - technology or magic?

2007-07-24 Thread Sam Morris
On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:57:42 -0700, to_see wrote: > Snippet #26 solved my problem, essentially in two lines. I could not > write those lines for myself now, and I'm not certain I'll ever be able > to do so. I'm going to assume it's the Python code itself that is confusing you, rather than the

Re: Django - technology or magic?

2007-07-24 Thread Nis Jørgensen
to_see skrev: > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from > magic." > Arthur C. Clarke, "Profiles of The Future", 1961 (Clarke's third > law) > > Snippet #26 solved my problem, essentially in two lines. I could not > write those lines for myself now, and I'm not

Re: Django - technology or magic?

2007-07-24 Thread Thomas Guettler
Am Dienstag, 24. Juli 2007 01:57 schrieb to_see: > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from > magic." > Arthur C. Clarke, "Profiles of The Future", 1961 (Clarke's third > law) > ... > Am I having a fairly normal introduction to a web framework? I cannot > see this as

Re: Django - technology or magic?

2007-07-24 Thread Jarek Zgoda
to_see napisał(a): > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from > magic." > Arthur C. Clarke, "Profiles of The Future", 1961 (Clarke's third > law) > > After getting the tutorial example to work, then making a first-draft > version of my proposed application, I hit a

Re: Django - technology or magic?

2007-07-23 Thread Russell Keith-Magee
On 7/24/07, to_see <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am I having a fairly normal introduction to a web framework? I cannot > see this as technology. All I see is magic. You should note that when Clarke made that comment, he was referring to the fact that if you don't understand the fundamentals of