On 4/19/07, Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been reading through stuff on the pylons site for the past few > days and feel like I'm not really getting anywhere. But I'm a girl > and have no problem asking for directions :) > > What I want to do is pretty simple. I want to build a site for my > son's school so there really isn't much fanciness involved. I have > pylons whatever the latest version is, mako (because I read that's > where you're headed), and SQLAlchemy (no good reason). So what now? > Start me off. My index.html file goes in the template directory, no? > How do I make it show up? I make a controller class maybe? Give me > an example. I want all my pages to have an in common header and > footer. What kind of files would these be? Seperate? Would they be < > %def>s? I don't need to worry about any database interaction yet - I > just want to get the bare bones up and running before that jazz. Oh, > and I'm a java programmer, not a python programmer (ok, I'm just a mom > now but once upon a time...) I feel like they are similar animals > from reading Learning Python or whatever book I have so I think I > shouldn't have too much a problem. Am I wrong? > > So, any takers? Think of it as the groundwork for your new docs :D
For absolute Python newbies, I recommend Django. Pylons seems to be for those of us grumpy old programmers who hate being told what to do ;) On the other hand, I think we'll all be happy to help you out with Pylons. We're all happy to try to convince Java programmers to "come to the light" ;) I have 3 kids myself, and another on the way, so I'm happy to answer questions ;) I do recommend working all the way through the QuickWiki tutorial. That's how I learned. I'm also glad to see you're reading "Learning Python". That's a fantastic book! Make sure you do all the exercises! Best Regards, -jj -- http://jjinux.blogspot.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" 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/pylons-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
