I learned django with no programming experience and no python -- I couldn't differentitate between python functions and django written in python, but I can say the documentation is so well written, the IRC channel so supportive, that I had no trouble at all.
I learned the most taking apart satchmo, the django shopping cart, and making my own. All you need is grep or an editor that uses grep, and searching the functions used to find where they lead/ how they work. Again, no programming experience on my part and I could read satchmo source because python is written so cleanly. If you know programming.. I can't imagine python taking long to learn. Start learning python now, and take on the 5 day django dive! On Aug 14, 4:32 pm, snfctech <tschm...@sacfoodcoop.com> wrote: > Thanks for the note on the functional programming part, Mike. I've > been meaning to look into that. > > On Aug 14, 10:01 am, Mike Ramirez <gufym...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Friday 14 August 2009 09:01:16 am Peter Herndon wrote: > > > > I strongly disagree. The thing to remember is that Django is just > > > Python applied to web programming. Knowing Python better, and > > > understanding the quirks of the language and why they are there, will > > > serve you better when programming a Django app. Django is a supremely > > > Pythonic approach to web applications (not the only such, to be sure). > > > The framework developers use the language fluently. The better you > > > understand the language, the easier you will find it to understand > > > Django. The choices made in designing Django will be obvious, or at > > > least more clear than they would have been otherwise. > > > > You are more likely to reach your goal of having a working Django site > > > sooner if you have a better understanding of the language than if you > > > concentrate on Django and skip the subtleties of the language. Yes, > > > Python is designed to be easy to learn and easy to read, but > > > understanding the possibilities inherent in the language will help you > > > grasp more of Django more easily than if you just dive into web > > > programming. > > > > Listen to the instructor, he's not wrong. > > > > ---Peter Herndon > > > I second this one and if you don't have any knowledge of functional > > programming, I would recommend adding this to your online education. > > > Mike > > > -- > > "Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit!" > > -- Looney Tunes, "What's Opera Doc?" (1957, Chuck Jones) > > > signature.asc > > < 1KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
