The real power of generic class based views is in the mixins, I've been using CBV for the last 2 months, and it attended me not only in ordinary situations. The docs aren't 100% yet, but the implementation is not hard to understand.
IMHO, you really should give it a try. ;) []'s On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] < cal.leem...@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote: > Thanks for the response Kurtis - yeah I probably should put some time > aside to at least give them a try.. the 'mixin' stuff looks > quite intriguing! > > Cal > > > On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 11:33 PM, Kurtis Mullins > <kurtis.mull...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hey Cal, >> >> Yeah the documentation is a bit lacking. It's kinda difficult to put the >> pieces together. But once you learn how to use them -- they're pretty >> awesome and powerful. It does seem a little difficult to deviate away from >> the box at first, but once you understand how they work -- it's pretty >> straightforward. Sometimes, you just have to think outside of the box :) >> >> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] < >> cal.leem...@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> I took a look through some of the documentation for class based views - and >>> my first reaction was "Eww.". >>> >>> Imho, it looks much like the "admin section" customization stuff, and >>> would quickly become a pain to work with if you deviate away from 'the box'. >>> >>> This comes from me having absolutely no experience of using class based >>> views - just from what I've seen in the documentation and examples etc. (my >>> background - 2 years of django exp, 6 years-ish python). >>> >>> It'd be good to hear other peoples thought on this - from both sides of >>> the fence! >>> >>> Cal >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Django users" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- Flávia Missi @flaviamissi <http://twitter.com/flaviamissi> flaviamissi.com.br https://github.com/flaviamissi -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
