Thanks for the link ajohnston, I'll do the Gjango download and give it a whirl. :)
On Sunday, July 7, 2013 2:21:05 PM UTC-7, ajohnston wrote: > > Hi Ron, > > To understand more clearly how Django works and what it can do for you, I > would strongly urge to you go through the tutorial here: > > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/tutorial01/ > > Depending on your current Python level and familiarity with web > programming in general, it will take you 3-6 hours to complete, but the > tutorial will show you everything you need to know (at a high level) about > Django and how it may (or may not) solve your problem. > > Flask is another Python web programming framework that many Python > programmers find useful. It is lighter-weight than Django, but if you > already know Python, it would be interesting for you to also do a Flask > tutorial as well just for comparison. Getting some hands-on experience will > be much more useful than anything I could ever tell you about "what Django > does and how it works." > > Good luck, > Alan > > On Sunday, July 7, 2013 1:03:45 AM UTC-4, ron wrote: >> >> I need help with getting the big picture in so far as what Django can >> help me accomplish. I need to replace an antiquated online >> attendance-taking system. My first thought was to just build from scratch >> using Apache, Python, MySQL, HTML/JavaScript. My first stop was researching >> how to integrate Python and Apache, but that led me down the rabbit hole of >> programming. I kept running across using "Frameworks". From my reading so >> far, I can't determine if Django, as a framework, will yeild any advantage >> over just implementing the standalone bits and pieces. >> >> I'm putting out the word, here on the kist, for direction in this >> matter. My mail confusion is, does Django ome with its own database, and is >> this the same type database that I'm referring to to when I mentioned doing >> this task using the autonomous pieces? >> >> Thanks. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
