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r41 r51 10 10 11 11 Django grew from a very practical need: in our fast-paced newsroom, we often 12 have only a matter of hours to take a complicated web application from12 have only a matter of hours to take a complicated Web application from 13 13 concept to public launch. Django was designed to not only allow us to 14 build web applications quickly, but to allow us to build them right.14 build Web applications quickly, but to allow us to build them right. 15 15 16 16 Django would not be possible without a whole host of open-source projects -- 17 17 Apache, Python, and PostgresSQL to name a few -- and we're thrilled to be 18 able to give something back to the open 18 able to give something back to the open-source community. 19 19 20 20 How do you pronounce "Django"? … … 28 28 ----------------- 29 29 30 We've been using Django for almost two years. 30 We've been using Django for almost two years. Sites built on Django have 31 31 weathered traffic spikes of over one million hits an hour, and at least 32 one slashdotting. Yes;it's quite stable.32 one Slashdotting. Yes, it's quite stable. 33 33 34 34 Does Django scale? 35 35 ------------------ 36 36 37 Yes. 37 Yes. Compared to development time, hardware is cheap, and so Django is 38 38 designed to take advantage of as much hardware as you can throw at it. 39 Django ships with clean separation of the database layer from the 40 application layer and a simple yetpowerful `cache framework`_.39 Django ships with clean separation of the database layer from the 40 application layer and a simple-yet-powerful `cache framework`_. 41 41 42 42 .. _`cache framework`: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/cache/ … … 45 45 ------------------ 46 46 47 Django was developed at `World Online`_, the Web department of a newspaper in 48 Lawrence, Kansas, USA. 49 47 50 `Adrian Holovaty`_ 48 51 Adrian is a gypsy-jazz virtuoso, an amateur Beatles historian and a proud … … 50 53 data into shape and putting it to work for the good of his fellow man. 51 54 Adrian is the lead developer at World Online and the man behind the code at 52 chicagocrime.org.55 `chicagocrime.org`_. 53 56 54 57 `Simon Willison`_ 55 XXX 58 Simon is a well-respected Web developer from England. He had a one-year stint 59 at World Online, during which time he and Adrian developed Django from scratch. 60 He's enthusiastic, he's passionate about best practices in Web development, and 61 he really likes squirrels. Probably to a fault. He went back to England to 62 finish his degree and is poised to continue doing big, exciting things on the Web. 63 Read his weblog at `simon.incutio.com`_. 56 64 57 65 `Jacob Kaplan-Moss`_ … … 66 74 into apartment complex swimming pools he is the Commercial Development 67 75 Director for World Online, which means he makes the money that pays all our 68 paychecks. 69 76 paychecks. 77 78 .. _`World Online`: http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/WorldOnline 70 79 .. _`Adrian Holovaty`: http://www.holovaty.com/ 80 .. _`chicagocrime.org`: http://www.chicagocrime.org/ 71 81 .. _`Simon Willison`: http://simon.incutio.com/ 82 .. _`simon.incutio.com`: http://simon.incutio.com/ 72 83 .. _`Jacob Kaplan-Moss`: http://www.jacobian.org/ 73 84 .. _`Wilson Miner`: http://www.wilsonminer.com/live/ … … 79 90 --------------------- 80 91 81 ...92 We're working on this documentation as you read this. 82 93 83 94 The admin interface 84 95 =================== 85 96 86 The admin site is ugly!How can I change it?97 The dynamically-generated admin site is ugly! How can I change it? 87 98 --------------------------------------------- 88 99 89 We think it's very purty, but if you don't agree you can modify the admin site's90 presentation by editing the CSS stylesheet and/or associated image files. The100 We think it's very purty, but if you don't agree, you can modify the admin site's 101 presentation by editing the CSS stylesheet and/or associated image files. The 91 102 site is built using semantic HTML, so any changes you'd like to make should be 92 possible by editing the CSS stylesheet. We've got a `guide to the CSS used103 possible by editing the CSS stylesheet. We've got a `guide to the CSS used 93 104 in the admin`_ to get you started. 94 105
