HI! personally i have started using Python / Django around 2 weeks ago. I do not know very much of it, but on a long term, my situation looks like: 3 years pascal Programming 5 years php Programming (1 with symfony framework) 2 weeks of Python / Django
I cannot say that i have read any material, but i have had a look into the django book (if you have some programming MVC experience, you will find the tutorial straight forward). and every time i have a question or so, i check the book. I know .. is not recomended to do so, but you will be able to start your project, and make a small progress, and start learning Django, by doing it. Alecs On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Emily Rodgers < emily.kate.rodg...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > On Aug 14, 9:42 am, Wayne Koorts <wkoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I currently know zero Python and want to start a project with Django > > > ASAP. I've got the opportunity through my work to either take a 5-day > > > Python bootcamp or a Django bootcamp - not both. > > > > I don't really think this is a useful question on its own. A more > > appropriate question would be "How much programming experience do I > > need?". If you have prior programming experience in another language > > then I'm sure you'll find Python quick and easy to pick up. In that > > case going through the tutorial and playing around with it in an > > afternoon should be enough to prep you for a Django book or course. > > > > If you have no programming experience at all then out of the two > > options it would be better to take the Python one. Any pure Django > > course would assume a certain amount of Python knowledge. But even if > > you take a Python course you need to know if the particular course > > assumes prior programming experience of some kind of is more of an > > "Introduction to Programming Using Python". If you take a Django > > course with no programming experience at all then you will be wasting > > your time. If you have experience in some kind of programming and > > then take a Django course with no Python experience then you might be > > able to get by. > > > > Regards, > > Wayne > > I would second this. but also if you do the django course, take a > python book with you - then if you don't get something you can just > look it up in the book quickly (the python website would also do, it > just depends on whether you prefer to learn from books or the web). > Remember, the people teaching the django course will know python, so > will be able to give you a bit of guidance if you get really stuck, > but if you go on the python course, it won't necessarily help get you > up and running with django. The poll tutorial on the django website is > brilliant for showing the different features and getting you started > though. > > If you have no programming experience and don't know python, the > django course will be a lot to take in at once. > > Em > > > -- As programmers create bigger & better idiot proof programs, so the universe creates bigger & better idiots! I am on web: http://www.alecslupu.ro/ I am on twitter: http://twitter.com/alecslupu I am on linkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alecslupu Tel: (+4)0748.543.798 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
