Django as exemplary design

[Carl Banks]

On May 4, 12:37 am, Bruno Desthuilliers <bruno.
42.desthuilli... at websiteburo.invalid> wrote:
> TomF a écrit :
>
> > I'm interested in improving my python design by studying a large,
> > well-designed codebase.  Someone (not a python programmer) suggested
> > Django.  I realize that Django is popular, but can someone comment on
> > whether its code is well-designed and worth studying?
>
> Carl makes some valid points in his answer, and there are indeed a
> couple dark corners in this area - bit it's just a part of the whole
> framework. There are still things worth studying in Django IHMO,
> specially if you're interested in seeing metaclasses and descriptors at
> work.

Absolutely.  I said it was "less than exemplary", i.e., still pretty
good.


Carl Banks