Is Django the right tool?

Hello. I am wondering right now whether Django will help
speed up my
project and help me  or whether Django isn't the best tool
in this
situation. My project involves a web application that grabs
thousands
of prices, quantities and product names from a handful of
predefined
sites. The application runs hourly, therefore the database
is updated
hourly. Now the webpage that users can access the database
from is
composed of four Ajax drop down menus and one Ajax
table--the table
contains the prices, links, product name, etc. I am very
knew to
Django, so I am not sure whether it will be an asset for my
project, or
will installing Django mean that I am installing a lot of
dead weight
into my project. For example, I know that Django is very
good when it
comes to news web sites or for sites that depend on its
users' input.


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On 8/31/06, brad <bradfordhgmail.com> wrote:
> Hello. I am wondering right now whether Django will
help speed up my
> project and help me  or whether Django isn't the best
tool in this
> situation. My project involves a web application that
grabs thousands
> of prices, quantities and product names from a handful
of predefined
> sites. The application runs hourly, therefore the
database is updated
> hourly. Now the webpage that users can access the
database from is
> composed of four Ajax drop down menus and one Ajax
table--the table
> contains the prices, links, product name, etc.

Yes, I think it would be appropriate for your project. But
rather than
asking a bunch of clearly biased developers (who are already
using and
enjoying Django), why not just give it a shot for yourself
to see how
you like it?

Adrian

-- 
Adrian Holovaty
holovaty.com | djangoproject.com

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I use several web frameworks and will fairly say that Django
is the
best tool for this because of the python packages you will
find to help
you scrape the prices from those existing sites.

Good luck,

Bryan

brad wrote:
> Hello. I am wondering right now whether Django will
help speed up my
> project and help me  or whether Django isn't the best
tool in this
> situation. My project involves a web application that
grabs thousands
> of prices, quantities and product names from a handful
of predefined
> sites. The application runs hourly, therefore the
database is updated
> hourly. Now the webpage that users can access the
database from is
> composed of four Ajax drop down menus and one Ajax
table--the table
> contains the prices, links, product name, etc. I am
very knew to
> Django, so I am not sure whether it will be an asset
for my project, or
> will installing Django mean that I am installing a lot
of dead weight
> into my project. For example, I know that Django is
very good when it
> comes to news web sites or for sites that depend on its
users' input.


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Thanks for the input Bryan and Adrian. I have to agree and
say that
Django could be an asset to this project. Bryan or anyone
else could
you name a few useful packages that will help me scrape the
prices from
the list of websites that I have? Thanks in advanced for any
future
help I get. Thank you.


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On 8/31/06, brad <bradfordhgmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the input Bryan and Adrian. I have to agree
and say that
> Django could be an asset to this project. Bryan or
anyone else could
> you name a few useful packages that will help me scrape
the prices from
> the list of websites that I have? Thanks in advanced
for any future
> help I get. Thank you.

Have a look at ElementSoup:
http://effbot
.org/zone/element-soup.htm

...If you run into bugs (it's quite a new package), you can
switch to
BeautifulSoup, the underlying parser.

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