First, I just found out about Django and really like what I have seen so far.
Even so, I don't think it will be really successful unless Django provides tools for automatically coordinating DB Schema changes and the Python Code. Please don't hang up yet - I have a suggestion. I just spent about a month looking at Rails. I think the reason Rails is so hot is that it is built on the ActiveRecord class in Ruby. ActiveRecord creates Ruby objects from the DB Schema [on the fly] so the driver for the model is the database. I think it is unusual in that regard: generally we drive the model from the implementation language - at least I have in the past. I don't think that solution is really long-term viable because ActiveRecord is blind to the implementation, so it's probably not possible to get the nice features Django has for modeling the semantics of the data [databases are pretty limited and drab]. Also, Rails relies on a lot of convetions to keep everything glued together. Here's what I think Django needs: A utility which analyzes both the DB Schema *and* the python model. The output will be a 'suggested' revision to the model which will retain everything which has not changed, comment out items which have been deleted, and best guesses at what needs to be added. Further, it should be practical to guarantee that the 'suggested' code works. [There is already a start on this with 'django-admin.py inspectdb'.] The idea is to do as much as possible of the routine and error prone work in coordinating the python code with the database schema without losing the fine grained control Django already offers. That way we should be able to didle with the schema without having to flush and reload the database and make coordinated changes to the python code. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
