Re: Help getting started: Which server setup for a beginner? Apache? lighttpd? To use or not virtualenv?

2013-08-01 Thread Kelvin Wong
It is def worth taking the trouble to learn how to use virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper. Once they are set up and assuming that you haven't already put too much already into your global site-packages, they will save you time and greatly simplify keeping different project environments separate.

Re: Help getting started: Which server setup for a beginner? Apache? lighttpd? To use or not virtualenv?

2013-07-30 Thread Jared Nielsen
Thanks everyone! This was all very useful advice. Wish I had known all this days ago... On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Javier Guerra Giraldez wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Jared Nielsen > wrote: > > I started setting up Apache with mod_wsgi, but ran into innumerable > config >

Re: Help getting started: Which server setup for a beginner? Apache? lighttpd? To use or not virtualenv?

2013-07-30 Thread Javier Guerra Giraldez
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Jared Nielsen wrote: > I started setting up Apache with mod_wsgi, but ran into innumerable config > errors. After some Googling about, I found a number of suggestions to use > lighttpd instead. Installed that and more troubleshooting. And what's this > about gunic

Re: Help getting started: Which server setup for a beginner? Apache? lighttpd? To use or not virtualenv?

2013-07-30 Thread Tom Evans
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Jared Nielsen wrote: > I'm trying to learn Django but finding myself lost in troubleshooting hell. > I can't find consistent information on the best approach for a beginner to > get set up. > > I started setting up Apache with mod_wsgi, but ran into innumerable con

Re: Help getting started: Which server setup for a beginner? Apache? lighttpd? To use or not virtualenv?

2013-07-30 Thread Karl Arunachal
If you are in windows, I guess i can help you. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Jared Nielsen wrote: > I'm trying to learn Django but finding myself lost in troubleshooting > hell. I can't find consistent information on the best approach for a > beginner to get set up. > > I started setting up A

Help getting started: Which server setup for a beginner? Apache? lighttpd? To use or not virtualenv?

2013-07-30 Thread Jared Nielsen
I'm trying to learn Django but finding myself lost in troubleshooting hell. I can't find consistent information on the best approach for a beginner to get set up. I started setting up Apache with mod_wsgi, but ran into innumerable config errors. After some Googling about, I found a number of su