Started Django 3 – Full Stack Websites with Python Web Development at Udemy. What interested me most about Django is it is Python based. It has great bullet points.
My website has centered around PHP for 20+ years. I don't use PHP frequently so whenever I want to add or change something, I have to re-familiarize myself with PHP. On the other hand I do use Python frequently. So I'd love to redo my site to be Python/Django centered! On the other hand I still need PHP for other software (webtrees for example) I run. Wordpress also uses PHP, but hopefully I can redo my blog in django.
The instructor is enthusiastic and says “He loves Django” which seems like a good quality to have for something you want to teach. When it comes to programming languages, I often self learn. But I frequently have trouble with frameworks, because you have to do something the way the author thought best. I find C++ similar, to me it feels like a C framework. But for something complex it's probably faster to learn a framework than to program it yourself from scratch, especially large and popular frameworks like Django. Also a framework is more powerful than most people could code on their own and tested by the masses. So it’s probably not good to overthink why something is done a certain way, but rather just accept it. Do this…OK…now do this. Started course while sitting with mom. Redo (just replace django folder) at home what I do there.
Small changes
As opposed to the course, I have django installed in a python virtual environment!