On Dec 25, 2015 12:38 PM, "Chris Warrick" <kwpol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 25 December 2015 at 13:15, Aaron Christensen > <aaron.christen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > LOL. Thanks! PHP was definitely not very easy to pick up and I'm still > > having some issues. Last night I watched some tutorials on Django and plan > > on reading all of the links on the docs page of Django. I will also look at > > your recommendation. I think that will give me a good understanding. > > Hopefully Django isn't a copy/paste kinda "put your website together" like > > WordPress because my objective is to actually learn Python. > > That’s not what WordPress is. WordPress is a blog engine that can be > used as a general-purpose CMS, full stop. You don’t need any coding > skills to build a website with WordPress. Many people have done that — > especially on wordpress.com or shared hosting services with one-click > WP installers; and even without an installer, setting up WordPress on > shared hosting requires a FTP client and reading comprehension > anyways. > > On the other hand, Django is nothing like this. Django can do anything > you tell it to, and you need to write code. While Django handles some > things for you (eg. the admin panel or the ORM), you still need to > write models, views, URL configuration, etc. yourself. You need an > understanding of relational databases, HTTP, HTML/CSS, the template > engine, and you do need to write actual code. > > And while there are tons of ready-made blog applications for Django > that you can install and use, you can (and should!) write your own in > an hour or two. And it’s a lot more fun to do that than lazily > downloading something. > > -- > Chris Warrick <https://chriswarrick.com/> > PGP: 5EAAEA16 > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
That's excellent news. I am looking forward to learning and working with Django. I imagine that I will have Django related questions in a few weeks or so. I appreciate your lengthy responses and explanations! Thank you, Aaron -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
