On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Josh <jos.carpente...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 9 jul, 15:15, "Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]" > <cal.leem...@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Josh <jos.carpente...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > I want to switch my sites from Drupal to Django. I already read a lot > > > about Django and made a few sample apps. I think Django is better > > > suited to my needs, but I do have a few questions that I couldn't find > > > an answer for. So I thought of a few solutions that might do the > > > trick. <snip> > > > I'm not really a web designer or a programmer, <snip> > > > > Then stick with Drupal. > > > > Drupal is a CMS. Django is a framework. There's a *big* difference. > > > > > I'm not a programmer by profession, but I use Python a lot. For > example, I use it to interface with the 90+ tables of Drupal directly > to avoid php. Drupal is just horrible with all dependencies and > trying to get the proper data displayed. Php just isn't my thing and > you seem to spend ages with troubleshooting, figuring out how to do > things. > > In Python I can easily get the data I want, but I don't really > understand the advanced templating and URLconfig in Django yet. I > think I can make the apps I want (or rebuild existing ones), but > putting these together is my problem. On internet and in the books not > a lot of information can be found on integrating say 10 different apps > on a single page. > Ah my mistake, I thought you were looking to use Django in a completely non programmer sense. And if you are already experienced in Python, then yeah go for it :) Best place to start is in the official docs (or maybe in djangobook). Cal > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
