Re: (UsingTheMailingList) Pre-requisites for newcomers on Django

2011-07-11 Thread Eyad Al Sibai
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Re: (UsingTheMailingList) Pre-requisites for newcomers on Django

2011-07-11 Thread Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > On Mon, 2011-07-11 at 12:18 +0100, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] > wrote: > > > what do you mean by 'accurate'? > > > > > > > As in, did the tutorial contain any errors / false / inaccurate > > information? > > I would check it myse

Re: (UsingTheMailingList) Pre-requisites for newcomers on Django

2011-07-11 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Mon, 2011-07-11 at 12:18 +0100, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote: > > what do you mean by 'accurate'? > > > > As in, did the tutorial contain any errors / false / inaccurate > information? > I would check it myself, but haven't got any spare time at the > moment :/ It > looks very clean

Re: (UsingTheMailingList) Pre-requisites for newcomers on Django

2011-07-11 Thread Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > On Mon, 2011-07-11 at 12:05 +0100, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] > wrote: > > Actually, that does look quite nice. Although I can't comment on how > > accurate the information is without using it myself. > > > > KG, is the site fair

Re: (UsingTheMailingList) Pre-requisites for newcomers on Django

2011-07-11 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Mon, 2011-07-11 at 12:05 +0100, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote: > Actually, that does look quite nice. Although I can't comment on how > accurate the information is without using it myself. > > KG, is the site fairly accurate?? what do you mean by 'accurate'? -- regards KG http://l

Re: (UsingTheMailingList) Pre-requisites for newcomers on Django

2011-07-11 Thread Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]
Actually, that does look quite nice. Although I can't comment on how accurate the information is without using it myself. KG, is the site fairly accurate?? Cal On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > On Mon, 2011-07-11 at 10:44 +0100, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] > wr

Re: (UsingTheMailingList) Pre-requisites for newcomers on Django

2011-07-11 Thread Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]
Added On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] < cal.leem...@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote: > How about this.. > > --- > Asking question about Python related subjects is fine as long as; > > * You follow the same guidelines as the rest of this document > * The questio

Re: (UsingTheMailingList) Pre-requisites for newcomers on Django

2011-07-11 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Mon, 2011-07-11 at 10:44 +0100, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote: > > http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ > > Havent come across this before.. perhaps you could send a review to > the list > of your experiences with it? the person who wrote it was quite often on #django > > If anyone el

Re: (UsingTheMailingList) Pre-requisites for newcomers on Django

2011-07-11 Thread Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]
On 11 Jul 2011 10:07, "i...@webbricks.co.uk" wrote: > > what about mentioning this as well? > > http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ Havent come across this before.. perhaps you could send a review to the list of your experiences with it? If anyone else in the list has used this ,could you post som

Re: (UsingTheMailingList) Pre-requisites for newcomers on Django

2011-07-11 Thread i...@webbricks.co.uk
what about mentioning this as well? http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ 4 lessons through it myself, so cant rate it just yet, but some of the more experienced people in the group might know it/rate it. Matt On Jul 11, 4:30 am, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > On Sun, 2011-07-10 at 14:39 +0100, Cal Le

Re: (UsingTheMailingList) Pre-requisites for newcomers on Django

2011-07-10 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Sun, 2011-07-10 at 14:39 +0100, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote: > We don't seem to have a policy of dealing with mailing list posts in > which > the user clearly has no Python experience. > > Therefore, I'd like to hear some thoughts on making an amendment to > UsingTheMailingList

Re: (UsingTheMailingList) Pre-requisites for newcomers on Django

2011-07-10 Thread Andre Terra
Now that sounds much better! Cheers, André On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] < cal.leem...@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote: > How about this.. > > --- > Asking question about Python related subjects is fine as long as; > > * You follow the same guidelines as th

Re: (UsingTheMailingList) Pre-requisites for newcomers on Django

2011-07-10 Thread Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]
How about this.. --- Asking question about Python related subjects is fine as long as; * You follow the same guidelines as the rest of this document * The question itself is somehow vaguely related to your Django project * You understand that learning Django will involve learning Python as well.

Re: (UsingTheMailingList) Pre-requisites for newcomers on Django

2011-07-10 Thread Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]
On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Brian Bouterse wrote: > +1 for this write up. > > Not that your write up suggests this, but I am cautious to turn folks away > from django-users because they ask a python only question. From a venn > diagram perspective the django community is a subset of the pyt

Re: (UsingTheMailingList) Pre-requisites for newcomers on Django

2011-07-10 Thread Venkatraman S
Actually, i thought about this a little more...as Brian has suggested, we shouldnt shun away 'prospective' pythonistas. Probably, we can keep the tone a little friendly... -- Do you have *any* experience at all using Python, or understand the basic concepts of how Python work? If n

Re: (UsingTheMailingList) Pre-requisites for newcomers on Django

2011-07-10 Thread Brian Bouterse
+1 for this write up. Not that your write up suggests this, but I am cautious to turn folks away from django-users because they ask a python only question. From a venn diagram perspective the django community is a subset of the python community. Using Django to teach folks more about Python is a

Re: (UsingTheMailingList) Pre-requisites for newcomers on Django

2011-07-10 Thread Venkatraman S
+1 from me. (but i see some in IRC who do not know python but start learning it along with Django - so probably we need not be too strict about this clause?) -V -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email t

(UsingTheMailingList) Pre-requisites for newcomers on Django

2011-07-10 Thread Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]
We don't seem to have a policy of dealing with mailing list posts in which the user clearly has no Python experience. Therefore, I'd like to hear some thoughts on making an amendment to UsingTheMailingList, which states: """ Do you have *an