It's interesting that Jaiku uses Django, as did the now-defunct Pownce, whereas Twitter uses Ruby on Rails. Why doesn't Django seem to get as much press as Rails? But I guess Google App Engine's being based on Django means it will probably be more highly publicised.I'm currently learning Python and yesterday I had a bit of a tinker with Django, and it seems pretty cool - it was very simple to set up a few static pages within a matter of minutes of first using it.
kimonokillerMar 14, 2009
Jack jacked to Jaiku.Tongue twisters are fun.
teh_spazzMar 14, 2009
why do we need another twitter type site?
mattbdMar 14, 2009
It's interesting that Jaiku uses Django, as did the now-defunct Pownce, whereas Twitter uses Ruby on Rails. Why doesn't Django seem to get as much press as Rails? But I guess Google App Engine's being based on Django means it will probably be more highly publicised.I'm currently learning Python and yesterday I had a bit of a tinker with Django, and it seems pretty cool - it was very simple to set up a few static pages within a matter of minutes of first using it.
sd11208Mar 14, 2009
any links with tutorials that you use to learn python and django and also what hosting you are using to run django apps? thanks.
brendansheehanMar 14, 2009
Google Releases Jaiku Code!Then... Google buys Twitter.
timdorrMar 14, 2009
Wow, completely wrong. The frontend website is still Rails. The backend messaging service (Kestrel) is written in Scala. In fact, that service is available as open source: <a class="user" href="http://github.com/robey/kestrel/tree/master" rel="nofollow">http://github.com/robey/kestrel/tree/master</a>
jjustin01Mar 14, 2009
Answer the question!
mattbdMar 15, 2009
I'm using Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner 2nd Edition to learn Python, although I have a few other books I will also use later. I also like A Byte of Python - <a class="user" href="http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python" rel="nofollow">http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python</a>and Awaretek's Python tutorials - <a class="user" href="http://www.awaretek.com/tutorials" rel="nofollow">http://www.awaretek.com/tutorials</a>Django-wise, try <a class="user" href="http://www.djangobook.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.djangobook.com/</a> which is an online version of the Apress book The Definitive Guide to Django.As for hosting, that's not really an issue for me at the current stage because I'm just tinkering with it at the moment and Django has a built-in web server for development purposes.
godsdeadMar 15, 2009
Just what i was thinking
trueamerican64Mar 15, 2009
Google...lol...seriously? Even you open-source fanboys know that google is an affront to your privacy. Just use Live, okay?
sickthoughtsMar 15, 2009
Does it use Django? from what i can see it just uses AppEngine, which itself uses Django's template system.
wollsmoshMar 15, 2009
google tried to copy wikipedia and failed.