@Philip Thanks for information -- very good advice. I appreciate all the input from everyone else as well. I intend to start using Django for almost everything going forward.
Thanks, Steve On Feb 24, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Phlip wrote: > Steven Elliott Jr wrote: > >> Right now we have Java and ASP.NET doing most of the work for us but the >> systems are old and need updating. Not to mention budgetary constraints are >> big thing now. I used Django to write an intranet application and it was >> very nice and I think I can probably handle the other stuff, just wanted to >> draw on other's experience. > > Those tools are clunky and hard to program, driving up the cost of > maintenance. Consider this pattern: > > http://martinfowler.com/bliki/StranglerApplication.html > > Each time someone requests a new feature, do it in Django instead, and > link it to the old system. (And use TDD to write it all.) > > Eventually a new system will emerge, completely obscuring the old one. > > And, yes, Django can do webservices and such, just like platforms with > much bigger advertising budgets. > > -- > Phlip > http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-us...@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@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.
