Hi Christopher. In general, you don't install a Django app -- you just run it with ./manage.py runserver. If it's a "pluggable app" it should have an installer. If it needs to be installed and the author hasn't provided an easy way for you to do it, it's probably better to learn from code written by someone else. People who fail to follow community standards and best-practices probably don't write code you should be emulating.
The best way to learn Django (and probably anything) is to just do it. Come up with a project you'd like to create. Then do it. When you get stuck, use the Django docs, Google, and this list -- in that order. If you come to the list and say "I did X and expected Y but Z happened," it's nearly guaranteed you'll get help. What will get you less help is to come here and say "How do I make a clone of Facebook?" In other words, the more convinced others are that you're actually trying and stuck the more they'll be willing to give freely of their own time and experience to help you. It would be best and easiest (for you) if you were able to at least skim any documentation you can get your hands on, because when you get stuck you're very likely to know what search term to use in Google to solve your problem. Unfortunately, that advice probably isn't practical -- there's too much documentation to take in all at once. So just glance over the section of the docs that pertains to whatever you're doing at the moment. For example, if you're creating your first ModelForm, read (at least skim) the whole section on ModelForms in the documentation. The same goes for the Queryset API of the ORM. Even though you won't need most of it at the moment, knowing what's there will prevent you from wasting a lot of time and re-inventing a lot of wheels. It's a great community. If you stick with it, it won't be long before you're helping others yourself. Shawn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
