Hi, I'm a long-time developer, and moderately recent Django convert. Because Django is so awesome, and the freely available documentation is so great, I've had very few problems learning django, and getting things done. However, I often find myself battling with more design- level decisions than I did when working with other languages and frameworks. To get more specific, allow me to ask about two particular questions I have.
Let's say I want to make a site that allows users to form groups. They can create, join, and leave groups, and those groups are not much more than a way for users to associate themselves with other users. It's a simple model that has a many2many relationship with users. Should I tie this functionality into the django.contrib.auth groups application, or should I put it on its own? The auth groups are mostly used for setting user permissions more easily, so it seems like this other group functionality should be separate. Tying it into the auth app might also pose some security concerns. However, if the auth app is being included, making a separate group app seems redundant. And it seems as if security would not be a concern if it were coded properly. Here's another one. Let's say I have a model for games and a model for users. I want to associate users with games, so I extend the user model and create a many2many relationship between users and games. However, I also want to keep track of high scores. I want to apply a value to the relationship itself. If I were making the database by hand, I would create a cross reference table with columns for userid, gameid, and highscore. Making a model in django, achieving this sort of database structure does not seem possible. What is the "proper" way to model this sort of design in django? Thanks for your help. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
