from symfony to django
Work continues on the site, trying to get the CSS just how I want it, also tweaking the code base so that things are properly seperated, i.e. low cohesion between different elements of the code. I've been working through various parts of the django tutorials and the book (which is on its way from amazon) and find myself getting ahead of the tutorials quite often. This has a lot to do with the fact that I'm used to working with the Symfony framework for php. Working with a framework, things like separating logic and presentation, seperating urls from actions (or views, depending on what framework), etc are constantly hammered into your head. The django tutorial starts you out with high cohesion and gradually works apart the various pieces. So instead of working straight through the tutorial, I would find myself hopping right into the documentation to look for the django implementation of a feature I use all the time in symfony. Not the best way to work - however, today on reddit, I stumbled accross Top 10 tips to a new django developer. Great set of tips, not so much for the technical aspects, but it quickly pointed out a number of things I had been looking for.

Gotta go, but more on this later as well as database issues!