When I first dove into Django, everything was confusing. I can't say I ever used the book because I wanted to use class-based-views immediately (was recommended in IRC). They were confusing as could be, I constantly needed hand-holding, etc...
Eventually, I started to understand things a bit more, was able to comprehend and use the docs, and finally I'm at the point where I just refer to the actual source code when I want to get something done with them. It was a steep learning curve with the lack of good documentation on them but I *highly* recommend using them. They will save you a lot of time in the end. Just my 2 cents :) If I knew of a good place to post them, I'd be happy to write up a tutorial with some cool tricks in my free time. A wiki would be best because others (especially those more knowledgeable than I) could also contribute. On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Gerald Klein <j...@zognet.com> wrote: > Good pick on the book, thanks. It is a lot more like what people need to > pick something up. > > thanks > > --jerry > > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Joel Goldstick > <joel.goldst...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Gerald Klein <j...@zognet.com> wrote: >> > Hi, I have been through a couple of tutorials including the one on the >> site, >> > the one thing that the authors have in common is they seem to want to >> jump >> > to the 'short cuts' to soon. I like to know the basic long hand version >> > first because I want to understand. >> > >> > What I am having a problem with is generics. I did a tutorial and >> couldn't >> > get the generics to all work. So I wanted to do it the hard way and >> move on >> > then go back when I know more. >> > >> > I need an example of a queried result set. >> > >> > the 'get_absolute_url' from the model >> > with the query line and render_to_response from the view and >> > the regex url from URLConf without the generic references >> > that should be enough to get me going if someone could just cut and >> paste in >> > some arbitrary code I would be very gratefull >> > >> > thanks >> > >> > --jerry >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > 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. >> >> >> Have you checked out the djangobook.com http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/ >> >> Its a little dated in that it doesn't cover Class based generic views. >> But it does walk you thru the individual pieces before it puts them >> together and then rolls into the shortcuts >> >> >> -- >> Joel Goldstick >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > > > -- > > Gerald Klein DBA**** > > contac...@geraldklein.com > > www.geraldklein.com <http://geraldklein.com/>**** > > j...@zognet.com**** > > 708-599-0352**** > > > Linux registered user #548580 > > > > -- > 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.
