Satchmo is your best bet at this time. It provides a rather complete Django-based web storefront and includes explicit support for subscription management.
See satchmoproject.com for more information. There is a Google group for satchmo users called satchmo-users. On Oct 10, 7:19 am, Wayne M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am currently debating between using Django or Ruby on Rails for a > new SaaS web app I'm thinking of making. I've not done a subscription- > based site before, so I'm looking for something that provides the > basic functionality since I would probably not be able to write my own > without it taking a long time. > > I like the look and feel of Django a little better than Rails (some > minor beefs like how you have to add customization to get the > development server to display images and stylesheets, when Rails' > "WEBRick" server does so out of the box), as well as the fact Django > is more customizable, but so far the biggest detriment I have found is > that the Rails community seems much larger, with many common things > already built by the community so you just have to install a plugin or > a gem, and you get exactly what you need. > > In this specific case, there is the SaaS RailsKit (http://www.railskits.com) > that provides the framework for a subscription- > based site out of the box, with account management, having account > subdomains (e.g. customer1.mydomain.com, customer2.mydomain.com), > different plans, recurring billing, and the like. It's a bit pricey, > but as I said I would probably be unable to write my own for all of > this as I would also need to learn Ruby and Rails/Python and Django in > order to be able to develop my app in the first place. I've done some > basic tutorials in both, but I want to choose one and stick with it. > > Is there anything similar to this for Django? I would rather not > switch between the two as the languages are similar and I would > probably get confused at some point. I did find a "django-accounts" > module (I don't know what plugins are called in Django parlance, > sorry) at Google Code, but it doesn't seem to have been updated since > 2007 and there are no instructions at all on how to actually integrate > it into an existing application. > > I apologize if these questions are a little noobish in nature; I'm > trying to choose a development language and framework so I can start > working on this application, and Rails/Django are my two major choices > - I like the feel of both but as I said above, Django seems less "Do > it this way and only this way" and more customizable than Rails, so > I'm leaning towards Django... it's just that there doesn't seem to be > as many resources out there. > > Can anyone provide assistance? > > Thanks, > > Wayne --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
