Django for Rails Developers

kalil@rootstrap.com

github.com/kaozdl

THE PYTHON DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

pyenv - Tracks and selects python versions, similar to rbenv
virtualenv - isolates dependencies inside a folder (similar to node_modules)
pip - Installs packages inside current virtualenv
pipenv - Tracks dependencies (Like Gemfile/Gemfile.lock)

MVC vs MVT

Just a name change?

Development philosopies

"Convention over Configuration"

Rails

"Explicit is better than implicit"

Django

Let's Start From Scratch!

COMMANDS WORTH REMEMBERING

django admin startproject - Creates a project
python manage.py startapp - Creates an app
python manage.py createsuperuser - Creates an admin user
python manage.py RUNSERVER - STARTS THE SERVER

For APP CREATION

COMMANDS WORTH REMEMBERING

Python manage.py makemigrations - Detects changes in models and GENERATES migrations
python manage.py MIGRATE - APPLIES UNAPPLIED MIGRATIONS
python manage.py SHOWMIGRATIONS - SHOWS THE ALL THE MIGRATIONS AND THEIR STATE
python manage.py SHELL - STARTS AN INTERACTIVE SHELL

For APP MAINTAINANCE

RAILS

 - rails new


 - rails g migration


 - rails db:migrate


 - rails console

DJANGO

- django-admin startproject

- python manage.py makemigrations

- python manage.py migrate

- python manage.py shell

ECOSYSTEM COMPARISON

RAILS

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rbenv
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gem (command)
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bundler
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rake / rails
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active admin
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api mode
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devise
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byebug
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pry
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rspec
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factory bot 
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rubocop
```

DJANGO

```
pyenv
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pip
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```
pipenv
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manage.py
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built into django
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```
django rest framework
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```
built into django
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ipdb
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ipython
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built into django
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factory boy
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flake8
```

Questions?

Thanks for listening!

All the code can be found in:
https://github.com/kaozdl/django_for_rails_developers

Django for Rails Developers

THE PYTHON DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

pyenv - Tracks and selects python versions, similar to rbenv

virtualenv - isolates dependencies inside a folder (similar to node_modules)

pip - Installs packages inside current virtualenv

pipenv - Tracks dependencies (Like Gemfile/Gemfile.lock)

MVC vs MVT

Just a name change?

Development philosopies

"Convention over Configuration"

Rails

"Explicit is better than implicit"

Django

Let's Start From Scratch!

COMMANDS WORTH REMEMBERING

django admin startproject - Creates a project

python manage.py startapp - Creates an app

python manage.py createsuperuser - Creates an admin user

python manage.py RUNSERVER - STARTS THE SERVER

For APP CREATION

COMMANDS WORTH REMEMBERING

Python manage.py makemigrations - Detects changes in models and GENERATES migrations

python manage.py MIGRATE - APPLIES UNAPPLIED MIGRATIONS

python manage.py SHOWMIGRATIONS - SHOWS THE ALL THE MIGRATIONS AND THEIR STATE

python manage.py SHELL - STARTS AN INTERACTIVE SHELL

For APP MAINTAINANCE

RAILS

DJANGO

ECOSYSTEM COMPARISON

RAILS

DJANGO

Questions?

Thanks for listening!