@Eric Chapman I know the term "enterprise" is pretty crappy but I didn't know how else to describe and I was hesitant to even throw it out there. I agree there are some seriously crappy "enterprise apps" out there, hell when i started working I inherited a ton! Anyway, thanks for the insight; I appreciate it.
Steve On Feb 24, 2010, at 2:31 PM, Eric Chamberlain wrote: > > On Feb 24, 2010, at 6:23 AM, Steven Elliott Jr wrote: > >> Dear friends, >> I apologize for writing this type of question to the community but I would >> appreciate any information you could pass on considering the breadth of >> knowledge within this group. >> I know that the word “enterprise” gives some people the creeps, but I am >> curious to know if anyone has experience creating enterprise applications, >> similar to something like say… Java EE applications, which are highly >> concurrent, distributed applications with Django? I know Java has its own >> issues but its kind of viewed as THE enterprise framework and I think that’s >> unfortunate. >> Some people say that Rails is a good replacement for Java EE but what about >> Django? Has anyone ever used it in this context? You only ever see pretty >> standard websites on djangosites.org and it seems like its capable of so >> much more. I am planning on scrapping some of our old systems which are >> written mostly on ASP.NET and some Java for something more easily >> maintainable. I started using Django for some other applications and find it >> to be fantastic for what I am using it for (Corporate news, intranet, etc.) >> internally but what about something like… an accounts receivable system, or >> a billing system, etc. >> I would hate to see a framework such as this pigeon-holed into a category it >> doesn't need to be. It seems to be used for social media/networking, >> content-heavy sites, not so much data processing, etc. I feel that it has >> all the elements needed to start down this path. Anyone have any thoughts? >> > > > The term "enterprise", is pretty loaded. I've managed some really shitty > "enterprise" apps, like Peoplesoft and Siebel CRM. > > Django can definitely do more than serve up websites. We use django to run > our call routing infrastructure. > > Our main app does have a mobile web interface for making calls, but the > backend telephony servers also communicate with Django via web services. > Django does all the call routing logic. > > -- > Eric Chamberlain, Founder > RF.com - http://RF.com/ > > > > > > > > > -- > 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.
