I've been working in Django for all of about 4 weeks and I'm absolutely loving it. Within that time I've written my first project, something which I probably would never have acheived in another language (I'd still be stuck reading the book!)
To give you a little on my background, I've programmed PHP for around 8 years, having previously worked with ASP, Perl and looked at both .NET and Rails in passing. Recently I've been using Python for some backend scripting and came across Django so I thought I'd do a little more reading around >From what I saw in that bit of reading I was pretty much blown away by the ethos of the project and I've been hooked ever since. Yep, there are less resources available for Django at the moment however the documentation is more than sufficient (it just take a little reading), there is a book soon to be published and available at: http://www.djangobook.com On top of this the group is both very helpful and very active and active with the people who are actually developing the framework which surely counts for something! The admin system is extendable to meet your requirements, I see the admin as more of a bonus than a hinderance. Ruby more forgiving than Python, can't really comment as I'm not overly familiar with Ruby's syntax. On Sep 10, 7:16 am, tmb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've spent a few days Googling and searching this group for some > guidance on a few newbie issues. I apologize in advance if these > things have already been covered to death. > > I am basically trying to decide where to put my focus in the next > project or two: Rails or Django. Haha, yeah I know... :) My question > is not necessarily which is better, that would be dumb, but which > might be better suited for a n00b. > > Here's what really makes me lean toward Django. > > 1.) Perfomance, ease of deployment and documentation. > 2.) Love python syntax. > 3.) I like the pragmatic vibe of the community and no nonsense > approach. I'm a little tired of 'baked right in' and all other > buzzworthy lingo. > 4.) Google API avaible in Python. > > The only thing that doesn't make this a clear cut decision are a few > issues: > > 1.) Rails has more books, reference, code examples, etc. > 2.) I've read and been told it's easier to create a cutom admin > (something about sessions). As much as I love Django auto-admin, it > will not suit my next project. > 3.)>> Ruby may be more forgiving than Python??? > > Thanks for any light that can be shone my way. I apologize in advance > if I have missed any previous threads covering these issues. > > -TMB --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
