Learning DJANGO

I've been coding for years now. Mostly in Java, C++ and C#; recently however I have been doing lots and lots of work with Python. I really like python, it's a great language and I find using it has made me more productive.

After playing with Python for a few weeks, I've decided to try and create a site using Django. I have to say, this is something I am very new to. My previous development attempts used JSP, PHP and ASP.NET, none of these were as hands off as Django. There is a lot I am going to have to learn to work with this system, and the documentation is a little annoying. I fell in love with Java Docs a long time ago.

I also find it hard to believe that there are no good development IDE's with Django support. I mean Dreamweaver, Aptana, Coda ... None of these apps have the level of support for Django that you would get from InteliJ, Netbeans, Eclipse or Visual Studio when using Java or .Net. I can code without an IDE, but I do find them helpful when I am working with a big framework and the learning curve is still steep.

Django is a totally cool tool set, and I can't wait to really be able to use it. In the meantime I will be here, fighting to have that breakthrough, after which things will make sense. Oh and I don't know about Rails but Kudos to the Django developers for making config files that make sense. After spending years working with Spring and JSF I really appreciate the configuration files and setup in Django.

If you don't know what Django is and want to find out please go to http://www.djangoproject.org.