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How HN took it
5 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 3 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.
Idea: 3 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for quick prototyping and API testing
From 3 comments
This is a great tool for API prototyping and testing. However, I wouldn't use it for a full-blown app. It's like using Flask. You could do it in a single file, but it rarely…
teilo on HNAs others have said, this looks really useful for proof of concept/prototyping work. The first use case that came to mind was hackathons, actually. It'd be really nice if there…
benjamincburns on HNI agree with you, but I think the use case is "that small, 3-template page I want as a quick interface", and this fits the use case perfectly. It usually takes quite a bit of…
StavrosK on HN
Novel and cool approach
From 2 comments
Took the comment right out of my brain. Looks cool and very novel, bound to be an incredibly leaky abstraction though. Doesn't take away from the novelty/coolness though.
mattdeboard on HNThis is pretty cool. Makes stuff much more manageable.
ranedk on HN
Objections
Too much magic and moving parts
From 3 comments
This is good although I think it has a little to much magic for me. Everything seems to happen just by using different arguments to the 'd' function, even the settings. I think…
samwillis on HNthe resulting view ends up looking at lot like it would in flask [1]. I would be worried about the number of moving parts that are in play. [1] http://flask.pocoo.org/
robertfw on HNthe resulting view ends up looking at lot like it would in flask [1]. I would be worried about the number of moving parts that are in play. [1] http://flask.pocoo.org/
robertfw on HN
Hard to refactor as apps grow beyond single file
From 2 comments
So this is really cool to get started with, but I would worry that when you need to start taking advantage of various abstractions that Django provides, you'd end up having to do…
IgorPartola on HNYup, I saw that on the first pass. So you have the ability to refactor, but you are basically guaranteeing that you will need to if your app grows beyond the couple of…
IgorPartola on HN
Removes settings.py, which is needed for configuration
From 1 comment
Yup, I saw that on the first pass. So you have the ability to refactor, but you are basically guaranteeing that you will need to if your app grows beyond the couple of…
IgorPartola on HN
Overlaps with Flask and minimalist frameworks
From 2 comments
That was my take as well. Why would someone want to use this when there already exist minimalist python web-servers such as flask & bottle that do not require magic?
signed0 on HNthe resulting view ends up looking at lot like it would in flask [1]. I would be worried about the number of moving parts that are in play. [1] http://flask.pocoo.org/
robertfw on HN
Requests
Automated way to convert prototype into full Django project
From 1 comment
As others have said, this looks really useful for proof of concept/prototyping work. The first use case that came to mind was hackathons, actually. It'd be really nice if there…
benjamincburns on HN
Better settings handling, such as in-app or database-backed settings
From 2 comments
I like the Services idea. Django's settings file is the weakest link in the framework. It's easy to roll your own settings apps if all you need to configure is your own code. But…
teilo on HNI already do that. I have a common_settings.py, a dev_settings.py, and a local_settings.py. That's not really the use case I am speaking of. First, it still makes you put all…
teilo on HN
Questions
What use cases is it better for than standard Django
From 1 comment
Would you mind explaining the use cases where this could be better than standard django? (or the ones that motivated you to develop it) I think it is really interesting, but cant…
singold on HN
Alternatives named
Flask
From 2 comments
the resulting view ends up looking at lot like it would in flask [1]. I would be worried about the number of moving parts that are in play. [1] http://flask.pocoo.org/
robertfw on HNThat was my take as well. Why would someone want to use this when there already exist minimalist python web-servers such as flask & bottle that do not require magic?
signed0 on HN
Djng (Simon Willison's micro framework)
From 1 comment
This is good although I think it has a little to much magic for me. Everything seems to happen just by using different arguments to the 'd' function, even the settings. I think…
samwillis on HN
django-mini
From 1 comment
Related: django-mini, a command-line tool for running Django management commands without a full settings.py. https://github.com/davidwtbuxton/django-mini I wrote it to make it…
davidwtbuxton on HN