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When I hear someone complain that Django doesn't have good docs it comes across to me like, say, I'm overhearing a teenager, who is seeing the Sears Tower in Ch
by mkramlich 17y ago
When I hear someone complain that Django doesn't have good docs it comes across to me like, say, I'm overhearing a teenager, who is seeing the Sears Tower in Chicago for the first time, and he says, "Not tall enough. Lame."
I have to laugh, really.
More perspective: I did graphics programming in an evil mix of BASIC and 6502 Assembly, way back long ago. Later I learned OpenGL -- a bit easier, but still a lot of learning curve, math, non-ideal docs, etc. Then I learned PyGame -- muuuuch easier. Then I was in a club meeting and heard a developer (who of course was pimping the latest foshizzle mine-not-yours graphics/game framework du jour) say something like, "PyGame? Too much boilerplate, too complex, too hard to learn." Left me speechless.
Perhaps in 50 years we'll reach a point where if anything that needs to be done isn't fully automated and handed to us on a silver platter, people will complain, "Needs a button I can push to make it happen. No button. Lame. I'm going back to bed."
- nir 17y agoI didn't complain about Django's docs. In fact I called them "great compared to many other projects". I did note they aren't perfect yet. (Basically I have the same opinion on Django as a whole) Looks like this discussion is becoming another platform war, something I'd hope HN & Django would avoid. FWIW, I also taught myself Z80 assembly back in the day. So? If I had an alternative that was easier to learn, I'd definitely take it. Unlike the 80s, users now are a download away from switching to a different platform if they find it more friendly. I think Django's developers actually realize that better than most.