[BangPypers] [pythonpune] Re: To use Pinax or just Django

Vineet Naik naikvin at gmail.com
Sun Nov 20 15:26:02 CET 2011


Thank you Navin. Liked the idea of using pinax code for reference.

vineet

On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Navin Kabra <navin.kabra at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Vineet Naik <naikvin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am confused whether to use Pinax or just Django.
>>
>
> I've done 3 non-trivial django projects in the last 3 years. I used pinax
> for 1 and plain django for the remaining. I would suggest going with plain
> django.
>
> - I think Pinax is not "production" ready. As you've already realized,
> pinax needs to be customized before it can really used, and there aren't
> enough readymade customization hooks (like django has). So you need to make
> changes in Pinax code. This is a nightmare as far as upgrades is concerned
>
> - Pinax is a great project to get best practices for how to set up your
> project. By all means, study the pinax code and copy-paste from there into
> your project
>
> - Incorporate individual apps from Pinax into your project. This is less
> painful for upgrades and customization, compared to taking all of Pinax
>
>
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