I definitely agree with you on the python vs c markup. I just came back to post on my progress and read your post. After reading your post, I am not sure I made the right decision (actually using more of the Django framework). You sound very opposed to Django. If you are willing to share, I would be very interested in your reasons. I found Django-nonrel and two things made me decide to use the model framework.
First, I really liked the Model syntax. I think it was easier for me to understand because they provided the related SQL code in their book http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/chapter05/. I was very frustrated by the lack of comparison examples in Programming Google App Engine. For example, instead of just mentioning (page 197) "This technique is similar to how you'd use 'join tables' in an SQL database." an actual mapped example would probably have made that entire chapter immediately mentally digestible. Second, I like that I can take the code and plop it somewhere else if necessary. I got burned from an unexpected limitation in GAS. If I run into another road block with GAE, I can take my code and run it on my server here with minor adjustment to the code. I have basically setup the data model for my app and the Django admin interface already has at least as much functionality as the old app. In looking at it, I could probably just put that up and give out one login and volunteers could start entering data (basically what they had before but needed a client). Then I could start "adding" features like: users inputting their own data instead of volunteers copying it from a paper form. There is still a ton I need to do and better understand. But now, I at least have an interface I can show to the PD committee and my boss and that is a big relief. I now have a bit more time to plan and consider alternatives, time I didn't think I would have this morning. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/IyyYM6sSoHcJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
