On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Jeremy Dunck <[email protected]> wrote: > I was wondering if people would be opposed to an opinionated tutorial? > For example: you should use virtualenv and pip, south, should handle > requirements this way, should prefer factories over fixtures, should > have this project directory layout, etc.
My experience has been that presenting "best practices" in a tutorial tends to be overwhelming and distracting -- people are *just* learning how to get something working, and the more "bits" you throw at them the harder it can be to figure out what's really going on. My inclination would be to keep it as simple as possible, and leave most of that stuff out. However, I *do* think there's room for some sort of "real-world Django" tutorial that walks through this sort of stuff. You know, "now that you know how to write an app, here's what a larger site might look like after bringing in all the extras you'll probably want..." I'd like to see that, but as a later part, a document suggested for reading after you've been using Django for a bit. The risk is, of course, that once we start making these choices there'll inevitably be arguments about the specifics. I think that's OK, but it's going to take someone with some good patience to work through the "which practice really *is* best" discussions one by one. I'm not sure if I've got that patience myself, but if you're up to it I think it's worthwhile. Jacob -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. 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/django-developers?hl=en.
