Thoughts on Django
What follows are some thoughts on django written by Isaac Alston, a friend of mine from university. He originally wrote it as a facebook note, but after reading it I asked if I could re-post it here. I think he gives an enlightening point of view on the experience of a python newcomer beginning to use django . Here it is: This is a short review of my experience with Django ( http://www.djangoproject.c om ). Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. In November, I was informed that the company I am working for would be leaving PHP behind. We had been looking for a faster, and cleaner development tool for a while and were deciding between Ruby on Rails ( http://www.rubyonrails.org/ ) and Django. I had a preference for Django immediately, since I could already program in Python, whereas Rails required Ruby skills. After much debate and discussion, my company eventually chose to use Rails. My co-worker, flatmate and (dare...