Michael, Thanks for taking the time out to answer all my questions. Much appreciated. I think I'm quite sold on Django/Python now. Will start digging into it right away.
Thanks, Rajath On 5/5/08, Michael Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > - Is it possible to create WML files (or for that matter any customised > > output that is not out there) easily? Especially by way of XML/XSLT. > > Django is really flexible with it's template and HttpResponse system. > You can specify headers, types and serializations on the fly. Granted > these types of systems aren't as popular as JSON or other types, but I > believe that for an all encompassing framework, Django provides you > with the greatest flexibility on this aspect. Also because it is all > python, you can do anything python can do. > > > - If so, are there many standard templates that can be downloaded and > customised? > > Believe it or not, no, and I wouldn't want it any other way. Templates > are written in pure html with variables punched in. So if there is an > HTML template that you like you can take that and adapt it to fit your > new Django site. Or, as I prefer, you can design your site however you > like, but I am an (x)HTML/CSS guy. > > > - Is there an IDEs that can be used for development? > > Django is python so all python IDEs, Komodo, Wingware, vim, emacs, > etc., work with django modules. There are plugins throughout the web > for specific django-only python (models) and for django templates for > just about any IDE. As i said before the templates are just HTML, so > any HTML IDE will work with Django templates. I, personally, am a big > fan of Textmate and VIM, both with django plugins. > > > - Given my basic needs, do you think Django is good, or some other tech > is better? > > I might be a bit biased, but Django is great and very flexible. Don't > really know precisely what your needs are, and i am really not that > familiar with these really in depth cell phone file types. Out of the > box Django is really powerful and the more you learn python and the > django internals, you can really do some spectacular things really > quickly. IMHO for content management, I can't imagine a better > system. > > Enjoy diving in! > > Michael > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
