Re: [web2py] The Zen of web2py

2014-07-09 Thread horridohobbyist
Excellent point. We don't need to criticize Django. We can compare Django and web2py side by side, and show how web2py makes the job so much easier. Which brings up another point... One of the most common refrains I hear about Django vs something like web2py is that when you scale to really BIG

Re: [web2py] The Zen of web2py

2014-07-09 Thread Michele Comitini
I agree, web2py is a "pragmatic" framework. so the best way to make it shine is comparing how to get something done: there is not (only) theoretical blather behind it, facts and results drive web2py from the start. Usually is better avoiding critics towards others, but rather underline the qualiti

Re: [web2py] The Zen of web2py

2014-07-09 Thread Carlos Costa
I agree with you Massimo, the best ones are those that built something. Videos like this http://vimeo.com/6782736 helped me to decide to stay with web2py. Not only that title is quite "marketish" but content is so true. 2014-07-09 12:28 GMT-03:00 Massimo Di Pierro : > I think this would help a l

Re: [web2py] The Zen of web2py

2014-07-09 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
I think this would help a lot web2py. I can share some personal experience. In my experience the best articles are those that show how to build something and focus on one feature at the time. People are very religious about certain frameworks and for the message to get across one really has to

Re: [web2py] The Zen of web2py

2014-07-09 Thread Carlos Costa
I like it. I wonder if we could do it in an organized in some way. Recently I lost to convince my boss to change everything to web2py because "there are few developers that know it". So it would be very good to have a massive community. As we will have more opportunities to work on the framework

Re: [web2py] The Zen of web2py

2014-07-09 Thread Philip Kilner
Hi, On 09/07/14 13:31, horridohobbyist wrote: Let's improve web2py's PR. A blast of articles over the next year could change the fortunes of our favourite web framework. Good piece, great finish. I'll take that as a challenge, and see if I can describe my own journey from desktop databases