I can relate. Beyond the very basics, there's a lot of 'what' but not so much 'how', especially when it comes to combining pieces. Often when I have a hard tim

I can relate. Beyond the very basics, there's a lot of 'what' but not so much 'how', especially when it comes to combining pieces. Often when I have a hard time to achieve something, I don't know if it needs to be that hard or I'm just trying the wrong way. The code doesn't help much with that, because without a lot of experience, it's a maze. Everything is connected to everything, due to the nature of the framework. Either you need to understand it all, or you end up fighting it. I really want to like Django, but every time it's the same story. Nowadays I prefer frameworks and specialized libraries that are much lighter. Even if the documentation is more limited, I also need significantly less of it. Perhaps I'm doing more work than strictly necessary, but at least I feel in control. I'd much rather go slower and see where I'm going than quickly down a road that ultimately turns out to be a dead end. Django is reasonable good for beginners and great for experts. Being neither, it frustrates me.