Hi Bob, It sounds like you're using the 1.3 or later version of the tutorial. Class-based generic views were added in 1.3. Try this link for the correct version:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/intro/tutorial01/ (Note the 1.2 in the URL.) Hope that helps, Brett On 2/13/12 10:35 AM, "LostInTheTrees" <[email protected]> wrote: >I am trying to get started with Django and having some trouble. I'm >using Django 1.2 to reserve the ability to go to Google's app engine >if I want. I have python 2.7 installed and working on Win7. I >unstalled Django 1.2 using the install script and it copied Django >into the site-packages directory. > >I have been working through the tutorial and am just about finished. >However, in the last step, the tutorial uses generic views. When I run >it, I get "cannot import name DetailView". The import command, >straight from the tutorial is "from django.views.generic import >DetailView, ListView". > >Early on, I could not execute django-admin.py. I had already installed >PIL and I had read about *.pth files in .../site-packages/*. So I >created a file django.pth. In it I put the single line "django\bin". >After this, django-admin.py could be easily executed. > >Do I have to add more lines to django.pth? Is there something else I >missed? > >-Bob > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Django users" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
