On 7/21/06, Elver Loho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 7/21/06, Jacob Kaplan-Moss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Jul 20, 2006, at 9:58 PM, Elver Loho wrote: > > > Speaking of duct-tape, though. The various "magic" bits of Django > > > seemed, to me at least, to be somewhat duct-tape-ish. Yeah, it was > > > certainly useful being able to just set a variable and have it do > > > something cool that you need, but it made me scared of what extra > > > magic might be hiding under the hood that might bite me in the butt > > > later. > > > > > > I think the law of leaky abstractions applies here. > > > > I wonder if you could be a bit more explicit here... I can't think of > > a single place where you "just set a variable and have it do > > something cool", so I'd like to know more about what scares you. > > The admin module? http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/tutorial2/
Which just so happens to be a separate application that is not in any way required to use django. Of course, if you elect to take that route, you'll have to build your own 'less magical' backend. But if that makes you feel more comfortable you are given that option. Nothing scarey there. -- ---- Waylan Limberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
