Thanks for the link ajohnston, I'll do the Gjango download and give it a whirl. :)
On Sunday, July 7, 2013 2:21:05 PM UTC-7, ajohnston wrote: > > Hi Ron, > > To understand more clearly how Django works and what it can do for you, I > would strongly urge to you go through the tutorial here: > > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/tutorial01/ > > Depending on your current Python level and familiarity with web > programming in general, it will take you 3-6 hours to complete, but the > tutorial will show you everything you need to know (at a high level) about > Django and how it may (or may not) solve your problem. > > Flask is another Python web programming framework that many Python > programmers find useful. It is lighter-weight than Django, but if you > already know Python, it would be interesting for you to also do a Flask > tutorial as well just for comparison. Getting some hands-on experience will > be much more useful than anything I could ever tell you about "what Django > does and how it works." > > Good luck, > Alan > > On Sunday, July 7, 2013 1:03:45 AM UTC-4, ron wrote: >> >> I need help with getting the big picture in so far as what Django can >> help me accomplish. I need to replace an antiquated online >> attendance-taking system. My first thought was to just build from scratch >> using Apache, Python, MySQL, HTML/JavaScript. My first stop was researching >> how to integrate Python and Apache, but that led me down the rabbit hole of >> programming. I kept running across using "Frameworks". From my reading so >> far, I can't determine if Django, as a framework, will yeild any advantage >> over just implementing the standalone bits and pieces. >> >> I'm putting out the word, here on the kist, for direction in this >> matter. My mail confusion is, does Django ome with its own database, and is >> this the same type database that I'm referring to to when I mentioned doing >> this task using the autonomous pieces? >> >> Thanks. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
