Re: Advice on project structure

2009-03-11 Thread johan . uhle
in terms of the "django poster-child" site http://www.satchmoproject.com/ might be a good start and you may also want to have a look at http://pinaxproject.com/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django

Re: Advice on project structure

2009-03-11 Thread Malcolm Tredinnick
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 01:01 -0700, Matt Doran wrote: > Hi Malcolm, > > On Mar 8, 4:57 pm, Malcolm Tredinnick > wrote: [...] > It seems that by making into a package, it make the django novice feel > like there is more importance to the "project" than there really > is and that some black mag

Re: Advice on project structure

2009-03-11 Thread Matt Doran
Hi Malcolm, On Mar 8, 4:57 pm, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote: > On Sat, 2009-03-07 at 21:29 -0800, MattDoranwrote: > > A "project" is a convenient wrapper particularly for those starting out. > > Ultimately, what you need to run a site are a settings file, a root URL > Conf file and a bunch of applic

Re: Advice on project structure

2009-03-07 Thread Malcolm Tredinnick
On Sat, 2009-03-07 at 22:59 -0800, Matt Doran wrote: [...] > The whole > "startproject" thing and the default layout feels like it's forcing me > to make decisions that I'm not ready to (i.e. it's on page 1 of the > tutorial). Hmmm. "startproject" doesn't require you to make any decisions at al

Re: Advice on project structure

2009-03-07 Thread Matt Doran
Hi Malcolm, Thanks for the very detailed (and well thought-out) response! Greatly appreciated. On Mar 8, 4:57 pm, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote: > On Sat, 2009-03-07 at 21:29 -0800, Matt Doran wrote: > > > Is there a recommended best-practice approach to this type of > > project?  Or maybe even poi

Re: Advice on project structure

2009-03-07 Thread Malcolm Tredinnick
On Sat, 2009-03-07 at 21:29 -0800, Matt Doran wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm an experienced developer, but new to Django. I've experimented > with Django over the years, but I'm now in the process of planning a > medium sized Django app. We have an in-house support/email system > written in python