Does anyone know of good, well designed open sourced Django applications? I'm really curious about different designs and I'd like to look at some good examples in order to learn about good design in a real world example.
Thanks.
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I strongly suggest the Django tutorial. It may not be real world in the context that you are thinking, but it definitely is excellent code to learn from.
I think you will find that many existing Django applications out there follow the same patterns and code structure as the tutorial.
You could take a look at the code behind the built in admin. It's nothing but Django.
joshhunt
2009-02-12 08:31:54
The tutorial won't take you very far. It doesn't show how to lay out your code in a bigger project, for instance. But you should definitely start there.
akaihola
2009-02-12 09:43:14
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I learned the concepts of Django from Django From the Ground Up video tutorial. It's really good, explains many things and shows you how to create a site that is up and running.
chriss
2009-02-12 08:41:52
I just viewed the Startthedark screencast and I really liked it alot. I think it's a very good example to follow after the initial tutorials. Thanks for that.
Lukas
2009-02-15 08:13:32
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I don't know enough Python/Django to know if this is a good idea, but my plan was to look at Review Board.
Hank Gay
2009-02-12 09:05:53
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IMO Pinax is a good example of django pluggables integration, plus their own code and apps, all bundled and cooked. You can get implementations in most of the different parts or concepts of Django.
nabucosound
2009-02-12 09:06:22
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Several open source Django projects are listed in the Django wiki. The list might not be up-to-date though, so expect to find pre-Django-1.0 code among the projects.
In case you find really good code to look at, it would be a good idea to contribute the links into that list. You'll be able to edit it once you've created an account on the code.djangoproject.com site.
akaihola
2009-02-12 09:46:32
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The code for the djangoproject.com website is open source and it works on Django 1.0. It's also written by Django core developers.
akaihola
2009-02-12 09:48:26
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Malcom Tredinnick (a Django developer) makes the source to his Django powered blog available here. I've picked up several good ideas from looking at the source.
Brian Neal
2009-02-12 15:27:02
When I just checked http://www.pointy-stick.com/colophon/ was not available. It seems as if the web server is down - www.pointy-stick.com could be ping'ed all right.
Peter Mortensen
2009-12-03 13:15:18
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I also recommend reading through James Bennett's open-source Django apps (django-registration, django-contact-form, django-profiles, etc). He is careful to keep his apps slim and focused (built for reuse), and the code is clean and well-commented.
Carl Meyer
2009-02-12 18:44:53