Re: Questions on learning curve

2007-06-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
One stumbling block I think really adds to the learning curve for many people is one's level of familiarity with command line operations and server configurations. On Jun 19, 1:51 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > A few days ago I got an idea to build an onl

Re: Questions on learning curve

2007-06-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Seconded... and to compound on the fallacious house-building analogy... Before you build anything, you have to have surveys done, blueprints created, probably some ground clearance/prep, probably need to negotiate utility hookups... all that stuff will take months before the first worker swings a

Re: Questions on learning curve

2007-06-19 Thread Jeremy Dunck
On 6/19/07, Brian Luft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In my opinion, claims of learning curve time are somewhere between > mildly and wildly exaggerated. In my opinion the actual learning > curve will depend on a number of factors including but not limited to: You should make this a blog post an

Re: Questions on learning curve

2007-06-19 Thread Brian Luft
In my opinion, claims of learning curve time are somewhere between mildly and wildly exaggerated. In my opinion the actual learning curve will depend on a number of factors including but not limited to: * Knowledge of Python * Familiarity with web application development * General software engin

Re: Questions on learning curve

2007-06-18 Thread Kelvin Nicholson
> Now, maybe a stupid question but for how long does it take to really > understand Django/Python and start actually creating some code for the > game? There are only parts of python you really need to learn to use Django, and other parts can be learned later. I read the book Beginning Python -

Re: Questions on learning curve

2007-06-18 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 19-Jun-07, at 11:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Now, maybe a stupid question but for how long does it take to really > understand Django/Python and start actually creating some code for the > game? from what i see on the IRC channel, you can pretty much start producing your game by day

Questions on learning curve

2007-06-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello everyone, A few days ago I got an idea to build an online turnbased game (like thecrims.com) for example. I am pretty much a novice when it comes to PHP so I started to look at Ruby on rails to maybe make my development easier and faster. Stopped with Rails and found Django. Now, maybe a s