* Devin Ceartas: " Re: [Mayan EDMS: 740] How do Settings Work?" (Tue, 15 Jul 2014 18:15:17 -0700 (PDT)):
> Yeah, I'm staring from the Git clone because I am indeed a developer, and
> will need to be making some significant extensions to the system for my
> client. Django is obviously new to me, so I see I'll just have to take a
> week off and learn that. Made it through the online documentation and
> tutorials today and bought the "two scoops" book from Amazon.
To get in touch with a system I would always recommend to start from a working
setup like a virtual machine or a release on pypi. Like that it can be easier
to learn from the working setup (that's at least my own experience...;).
> As it is, none of the instructions on the page you link to (or anywhere
> else on the site) are quite complete enough to get me (a veteran developer
> new to Django and relatively new to Python) past the initial setup without
> struggle. Hopefully in a few weeks I'll be able to contribute some
> significant additions to the documentation, perhaps linked off the existing
> pages so as not to be in the way of those with Django experience, for new
> comers such as myself. I do have full support from my employer to
> contribute as much as I can from my work to the project and do the best we
> can to be good citizens in the community.
Great, welcome on board! It is always precious stuff to get the experiences
from newcomers.
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Mathias Behrle
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