Learning Django

A while ago I decided to learn Ruby on Rails. Unfortunately the learning process was very much hit and miss. I had other projects on the go and it took me longer than it should have done to pick it up. Recently I have felt that I have a fair grasp of Rails. I am not able to code an application off the bat but with my notes and the documentation I can create a simple application without issue.

I have also been hearing good things about Django. As I am looking for a language to replace PHP as my main development language I felt it would be prudent for me to give both a go.

Thus today I started to learn Django which is written in Python. I sped through the beginner tutorial and was very impressed with the administration panel and the speed of development. I have since spent the rest of my day creating a blog. I am still a little way off completing it but it is getting there, I hope to have it done by the end of week.

Once it is completed I will post it up here with a step by step tutorial for anyone who is interested.

As far as picking up Django… Assuming you have a background in a programming language go for it. On a scale of 0-10 in difficulty I would give Django a 5. The difficulty is pretty low and its easy to get into. The only issue I find is that I am finding it pretty time consuming picking up something in a new language.

Anyway, check it out and expect more Django posts to follow.

http://www.djangoproject.com

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