Geek question

[chipotle]

Do any of you, by which I mean “anyone reading this,” know Django?

This is not a trick question, by which I mean “this is a trick question.”

Comments

[balinares.livejournal.com]

Well, err, yup? Can't say I've gotten to do very complex things with it yet, but I've prodded it in various ways and submitted a patch or two, if that counts.

[dronon.livejournal.com]

I don't know it at all, I'm afraid. I heard the people running the FA art site wanted to rebuild the site's code from the ground up in a collaborative effort using Django, but that the group's members aren't getting along any more, or so the rumour mill has it.

[balinares.livejournal.com]

No, they wanted to roll out a custom thing based on something other entirely, though still Python. The project was never really active, though. Communications were either on IRC or by leaving notes on a Wiki, which I think didn't foster the sort of responsive development environment that makes a project work out, IMHO.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

I looked at it, along with Joomla and Drupal, about a year ago for a project. But I went with Drupal in the end, so what I know is only superficial.

[dronon.livejournal.com]

I stand corrected and glad of it! :)

[chipotle.livejournal.com]

That would potentially count, yes. :) I'm using Django for Claw & Quill, to the degree anything is done (which is less than I'd like). I'm not really trying to actively recruit new coders, but it's occurring to me that it may be a little ambitious to try to do everything myself.

[chipotle.livejournal.com]

FA's "Ferrox" project is using a similar system called Pylons, to fill in what Balinares said. The Ferrox project is still underway, although I think a year or two ago most of the team quit to go do something else and a new team started led by Eevee. According to their Twitter tracking stream, though, Eevee just resigned as of 3/17. So. Hmm.

[cheetah-spotty.livejournal.com]

I've never heard about Django before, but their motto

"The web framework for perfectionists with deadlines."

make it sound like it's the perfect tool for you, if the manage to live up to it :)

[balinares.livejournal.com]

Okay, then I'll give you my email address in private message. If you hit a snag or get confused about something, be it with Django itself or with Python in general, drop me a line, I'll be happy to give you a hand. :) HTML/CSS/JavaScript are way out of my zone of comfort, though, so I can't help with that.