Thanks for shout out. And I will move on to them, but I like to understand things the hard way first. I think it gives a strong foundation when you finally do move on to the time saver things. The thing is as I understand it, is that there are times that you will need to do things long hand. I would like to have a good understanding of that when the time comes instead of the OMG googlerama I've got a dead line why now thing. But thanks it's good information.
Never found a fact I didn't like. --jerry On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Kurtis Mullins <kurtis.mull...@gmail.com>wrote: > When I first dove into Django, everything was confusing. I can't say I > ever used the book because I wanted to use class-based-views immediately > (was recommended in IRC). They were confusing as could be, I constantly > needed hand-holding, etc... > > Eventually, I started to understand things a bit more, was able to > comprehend and use the docs, and finally I'm at the point where I just > refer to the actual source code when I want to get something done with > them. It was a steep learning curve with the lack of good documentation on > them but I *highly* recommend using them. They will save you a lot of time > in the end. Just my 2 cents :) > > If I knew of a good place to post them, I'd be happy to write up a > tutorial with some cool tricks in my free time. A wiki would be best > because others (especially those more knowledgeable than I) could also > contribute. > > On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Gerald Klein <j...@zognet.com> wrote: > >> Good pick on the book, thanks. It is a lot more like what people need to >> pick something up. >> >> thanks >> >> --jerry >> >> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Joel Goldstick <joel.goldst...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Gerald Klein <j...@zognet.com> wrote: >>> > Hi, I have been through a couple of tutorials including the one on the >>> site, >>> > the one thing that the authors have in common is they seem to want to >>> jump >>> > to the 'short cuts' to soon. I like to know the basic long hand version >>> > first because I want to understand. >>> > >>> > What I am having a problem with is generics. I did a tutorial and >>> couldn't >>> > get the generics to all work. So I wanted to do it the hard way and >>> move on >>> > then go back when I know more. >>> > >>> > I need an example of a queried result set. >>> > >>> > the 'get_absolute_url' from the model >>> > with the query line and render_to_response from the view and >>> > the regex url from URLConf without the generic references >>> > that should be enough to get me going if someone could just cut and >>> paste in >>> > some arbitrary code I would be very gratefull >>> > >>> > thanks >>> > >>> > --jerry >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > 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. >>> >>> >>> Have you checked out the djangobook.com >>> http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/ >>> >>> Its a little dated in that it doesn't cover Class based generic views. >>> But it does walk you thru the individual pieces before it puts them >>> together and then rolls into the shortcuts >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Joel Goldstick >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Gerald Klein DBA**** >> >> contac...@geraldklein.com >> >> www.geraldklein.com <http://geraldklein.com/>**** >> >> j...@zognet.com**** >> >> 708-599-0352**** >> >> >> Linux registered user #548580 >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > -- Gerald Klein DBA**** contac...@geraldklein.com www.geraldklein.com <http://geraldklein.com/>**** j...@zognet.com**** 708-599-0352**** Linux registered user #548580 -- 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.
