Re: [web2py] Re: Python newbie: is knowledge of network programming must for web development stuff ?

[ArrC]

*"*There's a lot to web development, but the best way is to go and find out 
as you feel the need, otherwise you will soon feel overwhelmed.*"*

very well said.The world of web development is really big and there are 
no.of techniques and technology to keep track of. 

Re: [web2py] Re: Python newbie: is knowledge of network programming must for web development stuff ?

[Miguel Lopes]

Yes. In my opinion basic Python is the only "almost requisite". The book
does a very good job at hand holding, it really helps to know a little
Python (which the book also caters for). My advice is follow along with the
book. If you get stuck by any Python stuff. Take a minute out of web2py and
just solve that issue with Python (at the command line interpreter or with
one of the many excellent shells, e.g. IDLE), then go back. Pretty soon
you'll feel incredibly productive :-)

There's a lot to web development, but the best way is to go and find out as
you feel the need, otherwise you will soon feel overwhelmed.

[web2py] Re: Python newbie: is knowledge of network programming must for web development stuff ?

[pbreit]

Yes, You can learn to use web2py to create useful web apps very easily with 
just a little bit of python and programming experience. The web2py book is 
terrific and even includes a very brief summary of the python language. The 
great thing is that you an download web2py to your Mac and pc and be 
programming in minutes.

[web2py] Re: Python newbie: is knowledge of network programming must for web development stuff ?

[ArrC]

Thanks Massimo for the reply, now thats a real relief. 

[web2py] Re: Python newbie: is knowledge of network programming must for web development stuff ?

[Massimo Di Pierro]

web2py was designed to teach intro courses on web development. In
principle you just need to read the web2py manual and you do not need
anything else. After you can use and understand web2py you may want to
dig deeper on how http, cookies works. It helps to know how databases
work but you do not need sql because web2py writes it for you and you
do not even see it.

On Jul 12, 1:03 am, ArrC  wrote:
> Disclaimer: i have no knowledge of web development like
> cgi,sessions,SQL,cookie,authentication systems etc And i know basic python
> with no prior programming experience.
>
> considering my limited python knowledge will it be a good idea to just jump
> right into using web2py (after reading the official doc,of course) and learn
> form there on or should i gain/read about some topics on web development
> stuffs.
>
> (i dont know how to ask this question)
> which web dev thing i should learn about first like sql,user management,ORM
> (i dont know) and which part of python i should learn well before diving
> into web dev like error handling,file I/O,dict etc.
>
> Thanks regards :)