Ah, Django promises much, but so far has delivered nothing but Mal de
Mar. Please tell me that there is smoother sailing beyond this patch
of troubled waters.
1) Picked as my nautical chart The Django Book... Must be
authoritative, right?
2) We've barely cast moorings and into Chapter 2 when The Book tells
me to pick a database. Fine. I have an affinity for Postgres. Tells me
to find and install pyscopg. OK, I find it, try to install it
according to instructions. Get mysterious error message. Double check
all my work. No help. Post problem to this fine forum. No response.
Now that's nervous making. On two counts.
3) Ah, the clouds part! Further digging leads me to discover that
pyscopg is available as python-psycopq2 in the Debian etch
repository. Excellent! Aptitude loads it up in a jiffy and the sea is
calm again!
Why didn't The Book steer me right to begin with?
4) I create a project. Launch the built-in web server. Success! See
the friendly blue banner. Feeling good.
5) But... We sail on to Chapter 3. Create the view
current_datetime(request) in views.py. Done. and map the view to the
URL in urls.py as follows:
urlpatterns = patterns(",
(r'^time/$' , current_datetime),
)
I follow the instructions meticulously. Double-check the code. Enter
the URL...
Shipwreck!
6) I get the error message 'function' object has no attribute 'rindex'
Exception location: /var/lib/python-support/python2.4/django/core/
resolvers.py in get_mod_func, line 23
Who ordered up this "rindex?"
Am I expected to flounder around in the bowls of django to make this
tub seaworthy? This newbie is beginning to feel like Django may not be
all that seaworthy. Or maybe the chart has steered me wrong? Or could
it be my novice seamanship? Whatever. We're barely out of harbor and
the good ship is leaking like a sieve.
And so, I put this note in a bottle and cast it to the waves. Please
tell me how I can caulk the leaky seams, continue afloat, and earn my
sea legs.
And please reassure me that it's worth it.
Many thanks,
Lloyd
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