Thanks, Mike. It really helps to get feedback like this. I've been reading about authentication and it seems that it can work well on my custom admin that I'm building. Extendable is right :)
On Sep 10, 12:52 am, MikeHowarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
