Hi, You could look into an IDE like Eclipse, together with the PyDEV eclipse plugin. I use this combination to develop for Django.
(There are some gotchas with code-completion; in some ways the code-completion of PythonWin works better in combination with the magic of Django models.) Why I would recommend Eclipse here is that in Eclipse you can define all sorts of 'external tools' that can be started with the press of a button in the toolbar. These 'external tools' can be invokations of Python with the proper command-line to perform tasks like initialize the SQL database, run the dev-server, or other. In other environments it should certainly also be possible to achieve the desired goals: you can open 'manage.py' and start it with the desired parameters for the operation. However, defining some operations as 'external tools' in Eclipse allows you to pre-define these actions and store the parameters. The 'external tools' actions can also be stored in your workspace when you define them as 'shared', which has the benefit that you can add the '.launch' files created to your source-control system and everyone who checks out the project automatically gets these actions added to their 'run external tools' menu in Eclipse. Cheers, --Tim -----Original Message----- From: django-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd O'Bryan Sent: maandag 13 maart 2006 13:23 To: django-users@googlegroups.com Subject: IDE/Dev workflow question Hi all! I just discovered Django Saturday night and am very impressed. Unfortunately, I'm in my second week of learning my way around Python, so I'm running into newbie questions and would appreciate some guidance. First, the background. I teach at a magnet high school. We offer an intro to programming class, AP Computer Science (which has to be in Java, since the College Board sets the curriculum, but which covers CS through basic data structures), and a Special Topics class for kids who want another year of programming. In the SpecTops class, we've been working on a webapp and have been using Tapestry and Cayenne in a Java project that's a HUGE pain. I'm thinking of moving to Django (since my students could learn Python in addition to becoming more productive), but students don't have access to the command line thanks to security policies passed down from on high. I can install Python and give students access to an interactive Python shell. Is there any way to run the stuff Django needs from inside Python interactions, or do my students absolutely need access to a command- line interface to run all the setup stuff? Given the constraints I've got, what would you suggest as a dev environment? Thanks, Todd O'Bryan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
