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08/23/06 18:15:09 (2 years ago)
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adrian
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Added 'How can I get started contributing code to Django?' to the FAQ, and beefed up 'Why does this project exist?'

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  • django/trunk/docs/faq.txt

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    1717perfectionists when it comes to following best practices of Web development. 
    1818 
    19 Thus, Django was designed not only to allow fast Web development, but 
    20 *best-practice* Web development. 
    21  
    22 Django would not be possible without a whole host of open-source projects -- 
    23 `Apache`_, `Python`_, and `PostgreSQL`_ to name a few -- and we're thrilled to 
    24 be able to give something back to the open-source community. 
     19In fall 2003, the World Online developers (Adrian Holovaty and Simon Willison) 
     20ditched PHP and began using Python to develop its Web sites. As they built 
     21intensive, richly interactive sites such as Lawrence.com, they began to extract 
     22a generic Web development framework that let them build Web applications more 
     23and more quickly. They tweaked this framework constantly, adding improvements 
     24over two years. 
     25 
     26In summer 2005, World Online decided to open-source the resulting software, 
     27Django. Django would not be possible without a whole host of open-source 
     28projects -- `Apache`_, `Python`_, and `PostgreSQL`_ to name a few -- and we're 
     29thrilled to be able to give something back to the open-source community. 
    2530 
    2631.. _Apache: http://httpd.apache.org/ 
    …… 
    4348----------------- 
    4449 
    45 Yes. World Online has been using Django for more than two years. Sites built on 
    46 Django have weathered traffic spikes of over one million hits an hour and a 
     50Yes. World Online has been using Django for more than three years. Sites built 
     51on Django have weathered traffic spikes of over one million hits an hour and a 
    4752number of Slashdottings. Yes, it's quite stable. 
    4853 
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    632637 
     638How can I get started contributing code to Django? 
     639-------------------------------------------------- 
     640 
     641Thanks for asking! We've written an entire document devoted to this question. 
     642It's titled `Contributing to Django`_. 
     643 
     644.. _Contributing do Django: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/contributing/ 
     645 
    633646I submitted a bug fix in the ticket system several weeks ago. Why are you ignoring my patch? 
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