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Sponge learning is awesome, but you must always remember to act upon it. Knowing that CoffeeScript is hot in the web dev scene is great, but in the end it amoun

Sponge learning is awesome, but you must always remember to act upon it. Knowing that CoffeeScript is hot in the web dev scene is great, but in the end it amounts to little more than industry gossip. True understanding comes from actually trying to do it yourself, technologies stop being buzzwords and they become tools. That said, kudos to the OP for trying to Learn Python the Hard Way!

alexmr 15y ago
Totally. Figuring out what to spend time on is definitely one of the hardest parts since there's so much out there. But reading and hacking on 4 chapters of the django book in a day taught me more than reading for a year.
- khwang 15y ago
  Isn't that always the funny part of life? Whenever I have hack parties with my friends, I always end up learning everything at like 2:00 AM when we finally start in earnest. ;)
- ineedtosleep 15y ago
  Looking into diving into Django as well -- what Django book are you referring to, if I may ask?
  - alexmr 15y ago
    reading this one and I think it's super clear: http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/ http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/
- irahul 15y ago
  Your app mentioned in the blog post is throwing me an error. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/base/python_runtime/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/webapp/__init__.py", line 700, in __call__ handler.get(*groups) File "/base/data/home/apps/twordsie/1.347280040146141318/main.py", line 55, in get 'rows': [{'c': [{'v': tweet["text"]}]} for tweet in tweets]} TypeError: string indices must be integers You should install error handlers for server error(500), page not found(404), forbidden(403), and any others relevant for your app. Regardless, 500 is the one you should generally install a handler for. It exposes details and flaws in your application which can be used in attacks. Here is how you do that in django: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/views/#the-500-server-error-view https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/views/#the...

alexmr 15y ago

Totally. Figuring out what to spend time on is definitely one of the hardest parts since there's so much out there. But reading and hacking on 4 chapters of the django book in a day taught me more than reading for a year.

khwang 15y ago
Isn't that always the funny part of life? Whenever I have hack parties with my friends, I always end up learning everything at like 2:00 AM when we finally start in earnest. ;)
ineedtosleep 15y ago
Looking into diving into Django as well -- what Django book are you referring to, if I may ask?
- alexmr 15y ago
  reading this one and I think it's super clear: http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/ http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/
irahul 15y ago
Your app mentioned in the blog post is throwing me an error. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/base/python_runtime/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/webapp/__init__.py", line 700, in __call__ handler.get(*groups) File "/base/data/home/apps/twordsie/1.347280040146141318/main.py", line 55, in get 'rows': [{'c': [{'v': tweet["text"]}]} for tweet in tweets]} TypeError: string indices must be integers You should install error handlers for server error(500), page not found(404), forbidden(403), and any others relevant for your app. Regardless, 500 is the one you should generally install a handler for. It exposes details and flaws in your application which can be used in attacks. Here is how you do that in django: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/views/#the-500-server-error-view https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/views/#the...