Thanks a lot, Javier. Things are a lot clearer now. Appreciate it. On Feb 28, 7:46 pm, Javier Guerra Giraldez <jav...@guerrag.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 5:58 AM, atlastorm <ays...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Right now I'm practicing Django by running the Django server > > (manage.py runserver) and everything works. Apache also runs but I > > have no clue what its doing. > > nothing. > > the Django development server (the one that runs with the runserver > command) is an intentionally-limited web server. you don't need > Apache for development. but this server will absolutely not be > appropriate for real world serving, no matter how light the load. > > > If I close the Django server, how do I > > run my application? If I save a django.wsgifile in mysite/apache/ > > django.wsgiwill things happen automatically? > > you need the mod_wsgi docs for that. the Django page about deployment > in mod_wsgi should be enough to get you running in the simplest case. > > > When I practiced CGI with python, I had to import the cgi module and > > use that to get the inputs from an html form. Do I have to do > > something similar with Django? > > no. Django manages everything betweenWSGIand your apps. you > shouldn't need any extra Python code besides what you run under the > development server. in fact, the development server usesWSGItoo, > so if your code already runs there, it should also run on > Apache/mod_wsgi once you get that configured. > > -- > Javier
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