I can't go into too much more detail since I pretty quickly gave up on it. Basically here's a summary of my experience:
I've known about Pinax for some time now and decided I might try it out a base for my next Django project. The computer I normally use at work is Windows XP. I have a VirtualEnv setup already, Django runs fine etc. I follow the instructions on the Pinax site and try to install it using pip. When trying to create a Pinax project it throws some errors unfortunately I forgot them. The folders are created and I try to manage.py syncdb and there's a lot more errors. I played with it a bit - blowing away Pinax entirely, starting new VirtualEnv, etc. Didn't work. Move on to trying it under Linux (OS X). Much smoother this time. Projects can now be created without errors. I try creating the sample 'ready to use' Holiday House (IIRC). Syncdb doesn't work because of an improper profile app (IIRC). I fix that. Works now - or at least it runs. CSRF errors all over the place also totally lacking testing data. I manually import the data using - loaddata (I assumed this would have been done automatically during syncdb but that's OK). Things work a bit better now but there's still quite a few problems - images aren't loading properly for example. It feels to me that whatever version of Pinax that I have installed using pip isn't all that Production ready in 1.2. I'm excited and hopeful to use it in the future. I think eventually it'll be how I start every project, but right now I'm not confident enough to use it. On Jan 19, 10:55 pm, Derek <gamesb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jason > > I have been planning to use Pinax for a large social network site, but your > comments make me concerned (and wondering if I should wait for a 1.0 > release). I'd appreciate it if you could be a bit more specific about the > issues you have encountered or know about. > > I assume that Django itself (being mature and stable) is not the problem. > Given that Pinax is essentially just a bundle of third party apps, are the > problems with: > > (a) one or more of the specific apps themselves? > > (b) the way that one or more of the apps interact? > > (c) only the sample data / demos? > > Also, the great strength of successful open source projects is the > interaction between developers and community. What has the response been > when you have communicated these issues to them ... do they not care? do > they respond at all? > > Thanks > Derek > > On 19 January 2011 18:46, Jason <goodri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I've found the current state of Pinax to be a bit hard to use. > > > Yes, it offers these 'ready-to-use' projects but they do not work out > > of the box. There are CSRF problems, they don't load the initial > > sample data properly, and sometimes they just don't load at all. > > > This is the case at least when I use the pip installation. (oh which > > btw I flat out couldn't get to work period on Windows) > > > Overall it leaves me very worried about beginning a serious project in > > Pinax. I'll definitely check back again with it at the official 0.9 > > release but for now I remain weary. > > > On Jan 18, 5:26 am, ashdesigner <antony.shash...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Guys, are there any considerable drawbacks of using Pinax for Django? > > > Is it worth installing, or is it better to launch and develop on > > > "pure" Django? > > > -- > > 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 > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- 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 django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
