On Friday, September 7, 2012 8:38:56 AM UTC+5:30, ecs1749 wrote: > > Well, that's almost true :-) > > Granted - it's a lot easier so far but I had to track down several things > (and a whole lot of "here's how" tips) that were taken for granted (like > pip which require easy_install.... so on and so forth). > > In retrospect, I recommend future newbee to take this route: start with > Oracle's VirtualBox and build a Ubuntu virtual machine, Enable the > desktop, mySQL, and SSLServer. Get easy_install which comes with pip. > Install Django via pip, add Python-mySQL and Mako - then off you go. It's > a whole lot easier this way.
Easier still: install virtualenv (in the Ubuntu repos), which comes with pip and use sqlite (which should be already installed). I have not had any problems so far developing on SQLite and eventually deploying using Postgres. Why Mako? As a personal preference it is fine, but why general advice for newbies? Many people are happy with Django templates - although I far prefer Jinja which had the advantages without some of the more annoying restrictions. > > > On Thursday, September 6, 2012 11:21:57 AM UTC-7, Kurtis wrote: >> >> Hey, >> >> All you should need to get through the Django Tutorial is Python and >> Django. During development you can use SQLite which is built in and doesn't >> need any third-party libraries. Good luck! >> >> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:23 PM, ecs1749 <ecs...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks. I might as well bite bits of it. It's tough going because >>> there are so many dependencies. It's hard to gather all of the right >>> packages just to get through the Django tutorial. >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, September 6, 2012 6:59:02 AM UTC-7, Demian Brecht wrote: >>> >>>> You *can* install Django on Linux, Mac or Windows. Choose the >>>> environment that you're most accustomed to if you're just trying to >>>> get things done. However, if you want to learn Linux at the same time >>>> (at least, bits of it), then I fully endorse going down that path. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:19 PM, ecs1749 <ecs...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > Ok, ok. I now have a Ubuntu/server with a Ubuntu desktop running >>>> using oracle vm virtualbox. I know almost nothing about Linux. I don't >>>> even know how to ssh to this beast sitting in front of me. I hope this >>>> is >>>> a start... >>>> > >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Django users" group. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/1pD4k3PdhtEJ. >>> >>> To post to this group, send email to django...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> django-users...@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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/byYD_z0K3xQJ. 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.
