I'm a bit biased as I'm a full-time Django developer, but your angst should be with macports and not with Django. Django is a single directory that contains no compiled code and following their fantastic documentation is really easy. Granted Django may be a bit more functionality than you need in a framework, but ease of installation and stellar documentation are two of it's strong traits.
If you feel the need to use a "package manager", you really should be using easy_install or even better pip, but not macports. Assuming you're on a recent flavor of OS X, most of what you need is built-in to the o/s anyway. -Rob On Jun 25, 2010, at 9:35 PM, Bradley Hintze <[email protected]> wrote: > I am fairly comfortable with unix commands and security, I still have > a lot to learn though. > > I have a bad taste in my moth for Django as I installed it and > couldn't find where the files were put, and thus couldn't follow the > one and only Django tutorial. When I asked on the Django mailing list > for help I got no response. I restored my machine to a previous > back-up to get rid of all the Django 'stuff' wherever it was. If I > could get help installing it correctly I might give it a go. > > The problem that I'm seing is most these frameworks don't give you > step by step instructions on how to download and install. > How about pylons? I looked at their site and they have decent > instructions AND tutorials. Surprisingly, I have yet to come across a > tutorial outlining how to retrieve user input from a form which should > be, from my limited view, the primary function of a framework as that > is the crucial aspect of a dynamic web app. If anyone knows of a good > tutorial let me know. > > Also, I've seen that some of these frameworks have you staat up their > own server. Why run their server and apache? Or can theses frameworks > use apache? > > > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Damjan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I am making an app where I pass variables and run lots of scripts. I >>> don't think a frame work can do what I am trying to do, manual control >>> is a must. Plus the framework documentation that I've seen is >>> difficult to understand. I was raised as a biochemist not a programmer >>> ;) If you can point out an easy to understand frame work I'll >>> certainty take a look. >> >> Since you don't have much experience with Web apps or WSGI, I'd >> strongly suggest to start with some framework. >> >> Django has pretty good documentation and even if I personally don't >> use it, I think it's very good for newbies. You could also look at >> flask - it has great documentation too, but you need to know more >> about web apps with it - http://flask.pocoo.org/. It's perhaps on the >> opposite end of the spectrum of web frameworks compared to Django, but >> has good documentation too. >> >> >> From your comments in this group, I would not suggest you to use plain >> WSGI. You will need to understand and know much more about http, html, >> security issues etc. >> >> Also, if your application is not going to be heavily visited, you >> might not need mod_wsgi either. Most WSGI frameworks come with their >> own python server. >> >> And last, learn to use virtualenv and pip, and you will be able to >> pack your entire web application, including Django in a single >> directory. >> >> And lear some Unix command line interface (or shell), it will really >> make your life easier. >> >> -- >> damjan >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "modwsgi" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/modwsgi?hl=en. >> >> > > > > -- > Bradley J. Hintze > Graduate Student > Duke University > School of Medicine > 801-712-8799 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "modwsgi" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/modwsgi?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "modwsgi" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/modwsgi?hl=en.
