Ian Holsman wrote: > Having no set standard makes it harder for people to share work, as > app ABC would use toolkit X, and app DEF would use another making it > hard to integrate other people's app/libraries into one project. (the > same reason i'd like to see a tagging app in the contrib section) > > note: there is nothing forcing people to use that tookit, it will > just make it easier for a newbie coming into django with no specific > preference to get started and get his project running faster
You raise a good point. I think the problem here is twofold: On the one hand, there's the concern of limiting choice, or appearing to, by endorsing one framework. Doesn't matter if it's code integration or just (un)official recommendation--people will still complain that we "only support framework X". If we still care about pandering to _complete_ newbies (see that ongoing thread in -devel) then this is a valid thing to worry about. On the other hand, there's the concern that shying *away* from picking a framework to any degree, may scare off AJAX newbies confused by either a lack of (Django-specific) AJAX docs, or a multitude of it for varying frameworks. I think the best solution, to echo what others have already said, is to go the middle of the road and provide *solid*, *framework-agnostic* docs that explain AJAX and how it would work with Django JSON/XML views. By which I mean a good grounding in the basics of AJAX, *without* examples from specific frameworks--which would make it more akin to a tutorial than a learning experience. Put the examples in a *second* document that intelligently contrasts the varying frameworks in light of the principles outlined in the first document--e.g. "Asynchronous requests: here's how Dojo does it, here's how MochiKit does it, here's how Prototype does it...". Make sure that newbies are essentially forced to read the first, generalized doc before they can get much out of the second, and we'll have done as much as we can. Anyway, that's my two and a half cents; sorry for the verbosity and the idealism :) Regards, Jeff --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
