> My son gave me some space to play in on an Apache server he rents. Is this a dedicated server or a shared hosting account?
Dedicated? Carry on. Shared? Watch out! Many shared hosting providers frown on (or outright forbid) "long running processes." Without thinking about what I was doing, I started working through the Django tutorial on a 1and1.com account. The third time I tried to run the development server (It just wouldn't seem to work) I suddenly found myself locked out of my account (and all of my domains blocked for web and mail) for 24 hours. If you need your own play space for cheap, checkout http://www.webfaction.com/. $10/month with user-configurable Apache. Alternatively, get an old PC, slap on Ubuntu Linux (or the distro of your choice), and run a local server. This has the benefit of letting you pickup some LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Python) skills while learning Django. Warning: There can be several steepish learning curves involved here, although most distros come with a default LAMP setup installed for you. If you are planning on selling your skills, this might be the right route to take. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
