Re: Django methodologies and best practices

2009-10-19 Thread Shakefu
com> wrote: > On Saturday 17 October 2009 21:55:39 Shakefu wrote: > > > So my questions are simple: > > > What are your opinions on the best methodologies and practices for > > developing django apps and projects? > > > What sort of planning do you do for an appl

Re: Django methodologies and best practices

2009-10-18 Thread Shakefu
> > > Is there any downside to starting with the models first? > > The biggest one is that if you decide later to add a field to the model that > isn't there and you've filled in some data to the db. I agree 100%. On this project (and some I've worked on before) I know I'll be adding fields as

Re: Django methodologies and best practices

2009-10-18 Thread Shakefu
> > > a first working implementation of my models (remember you can test > > your models from the interactive shell and/or python scripts). > > Or write unit tests, which are more suited for testing than loose > bunch of scripts > Well, I certainly have noticed that a lot of

Re: Django methodologies and best practices

2009-10-18 Thread Shakefu
Ah, thanks for the input. In this case I'm just developing an app for my own gratification. Unfortunately, I have rough idea as to what I'd like it to do eventually, but since the details aren't set in stone or even pencil I'm looking for some ideas to get started. Plus it never hurts to learn

Re: Django methodologies and best practices

2009-10-18 Thread Shakefu
Ah, thanks for the input. In this case I'm just developing an app for my own gratification. Unfortunately, I have rough idea as to what I'd like it to do eventually, but since the details aren't set in stone or even pencil I'm looking for some ideas to get started. Plus it never hurts to learn

Django methodologies and best practices

2009-10-17 Thread Shakefu
So my questions are simple: What are your opinions on the best methodologies and practices for developing django apps and projects? What sort of planning do you do for an application or project? What development techniques do you use to help conceptualize an evolving project/app? For example: