On 31/05/06, Ian Holsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 01/06/2006, at 3:30 AM, Bryan Murdock wrote: > > > > > Just an aside in response to the request that the blog writers all get > > together and not waste resources, take a look at the code they are > > writing. Actually, take a look at the code they are not writing. A > > basic django blog app can be done using generic views and very little > > code (see the djangoproject.com code, or read [1]). The unified > > Django blogging app is little more than a collection of generic views. > > The reason you see 3 or 4 (or more) different blogging apps is > > because people like to customize a little. It's the same thing you > > see with wordpress and all its plugins. Sure, a good number of people > > just use the basic default wordpress, but after a while everyone > > starts to customize at least a little. Doing it with Django just lets > > you customize with clean, organized python code, instead of, well, > > PHP. > > Hi Bryan. > > while I do agree that django is easy to use, I'm trying to take the > user point of view. > > What we have got (IMHO) is 3-4 blogs which don't have many features > when compared > to wordpress or typo, and as such a user (or future developer) > wouldn't be interesting in installing them > and choose something else. > > if you combined I can imagine you would integrate features like > > - askimet spam tracking > - auto tagging from tagthe.net > - pingbacks > - themeing > - multi-user support > - captcha of some sort > > and so on. > > so I see a blogging app more as a opportunity to lure more developers > into the django community, than a learning exercise for a developer > (which of course is also a great reason to build one in itself) > > regards > Ian > > > > > Bryan > > > > 1. http://www2.jeffcroft.com/2006/may/02/django-non-programmers/ > > > > > > > > > >
This is why we need some sort of repository of django apps. A Djangoforge if you will. Wasn't that one of the SOC projects? is it being done? Are there plans? Something like that would be a great magnet and would help people co-ordinate and remove redundancy. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
