Ur doing it wrong¶
by James Bennett¶
Our WVA friend
To start off: RTFM¶
- People starting Django often don’t have a background in Python.
- Perl maxim #11924 “Well, if you don’t know what it does, why did you put it in your program?”
- Get the basic python bits down
Idea: Django module of the week¶
- Just like Doug Hellman’s Python module of the week
- Would take 2 years
- The problem is that I need a better blog engine
Django is just Python¶
- Django applications are just python modules. Did not reinvent the wheel.
- Django Views could be callable classes. Hmmmm…
- Django admin used callable classes for views.
- Yet people never grok that Django is really just python.
The biggest problem with the perception of Django¶
People think that Django is too glued together. But that isn’t true:
- Just do import SqlAlchemy
- You don’t need to use Django’s default components
Testing new Django apps¶
What James does to check out your app:
- Need to have your stuff working with standard Django install tools.
- top level stuff needs to be there in your package.
- Stay away from setuptools. Go to distribute by Tarek Ziade
- Wants to see a concise one-sentence explanation from the README describing what the app does
- You better have a good explanation as to why you are duplicating other person’s work
- Wants to see documentation or will file a bug. Will jump away from your work if you don’t have it unless you are lucky.
- Pick a license. Choosing one causes a flame. Django prefers the BSD.
- Tests are handy. If there aren’t unit tests he doesn’t trust your code.
What turns off James:
- Put this module in django.contrib
- Ignoring standard features of Python or Django is silly
Something cool:
- django-lint looks awesome
- pypants is awesome
- Assigns a score represented by pants on Python packages