It's really quite simple: I couldn't get productive in Grok. In Django I could.
With Grok there was just too many hoops to go through and it was too anal about getting things right before you could actually build something. One example, with Django it reloads automatically when I change the code; with Grok I could never get that to work. Restarting would take seconds which is not an option in development mode.
Also, there's the "business perspective" on it. With Django there's loads of ready made plugins that are super easy to integrate meaning you don't have to write everything from scratch (albeit tempting). There are fewer people doing Grok too meaning there's less eyes on the code and fewer people available to help you when you get stuck.
Django has flaws and it's not perfect. But when it comes to delivering results my mind is dead set: Django rocks!
Hi Peter,
how about a followup on this?
Looking at your plog, this was the very last post about Grok, while Django even has its own category by.
Could you elaborate on the decision (if there was any formal decision) between them?
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It's really quite simple: I couldn't get productive in Grok. In Django I could.
With Grok there was just too many hoops to go through and it was too anal about getting things right before you could actually build something. One example, with Django it reloads automatically when I change the code; with Grok I could never get that to work. Restarting would take seconds which is not an option in development mode.
Also, there's the "business perspective" on it. With Django there's loads of ready made plugins that are super easy to integrate meaning you don't have to write everything from scratch (albeit tempting). There are fewer people doing Grok too meaning there's less eyes on the code and fewer people available to help you when you get stuck.
Django has flaws and it's not perfect. But when it comes to delivering results my mind is dead set: Django rocks!
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Hi Peter, how about a followup on this? Looking at your plog, this was the very last post about Grok, while Django even has its own category by. Could you elaborate on the decision (if there was any formal decision) between them?