Re: What frontend-tools to use for a new CRM project? Shall I use Django OR switch to Meteor.js?

Hi Gergely,

thanks a lot for the quick response.

Well... I am an Javascript Beginner and I need to start it from scratch.
The project definetly needs more Javascript-UI Compontents than what bootstrap gives us.
+ Interactive UI Elements that show the same content and update each others
+ Modal Forms that update the base-view after being closed
+ Filters
+ Sortable Tables
+ and much more

So I need to check out, React.js or something else and make it work with Django.

I guess that compared to Meteor.js Django (& React.js or something similar) is the better solution for putting out a website that consists of both an application part and an static website.

What do you guys think of Django in combination with React.js?
Are there good tutorials out there to make it work and get me started?
Or is there another framework you can recon?

Kind regards
Thomas

Am Mittwoch, 9. September 2015 07:35:52 UTC+2 schrieb Gergely Polonkai:

Hello,

this all depends: if I'm a JS expert, I'd go with Meteor or another JS framework. If I'm a Python expert, I'd go with Django or another Python framework.

Meteor's strength is in the fact that (almost) the same code runs on the server and in the browser (wether it's good or not is another story, and opinions will change developer by developer). It is more than possible that your CRM's frontend will utilize JavaScript anyway, but for that, you may want to use different frameworks like Angular or Bootstrap (if you can call this latter a JS framework).

So I'm really sorry but I think no one will actually tell you what to do: you must decide based on the requirements.

Oh, and don't stick with JS just because "it's a small app with 10 users"; if you see potential in your app, make it scalable. Maybe you will be able to sell it latel to bigger corps. ;)

Best,
Gergely

On 9 Sep 2015 00:12, "ThomasTheDjangoFan" <stefan.eich...@googlemail.com> wrote:

Hi guys,

I have invested quite a lot of time & energy into learning django and I feel comfy using it. (I have studied the 2 Scoops, the Tdd book and got the boook "Scaling Django" and "lightweight Django" right here next to me).

It feels like I finally got the right tool, BUT:
I am about to implement my first big project - a customer relation management system. The userbase will be small - around 1 to 10 users.

During my planing I came accross javascript-framworks (like angular or meteor) and yes: my project definetly needs some javaside-tricks on the client-side.

So I used the last 7 days to stick my head into the javascript stuff and I am sooooooo overwhelmed by all the options out there (!!!!!!!). And it seems like there really is no good tutorial for the javascript-frontend stuff with django.

Now I am going crazy and thinking about dropping django completely and switching to Meteor. (By the way: The meteor-guys seem to be totally in love with react.js.)

Before making a stupid decision I feel like I need some guidance from the real experts.

Now my question to you is:
If you were about to implement a quite-complex crm system (starting from the ground up): what tool would you use?
Would you use Django (maybe in combination with React) or would you switch to Meteor?
If you would stick to Django - which js-framework can you recon? (I really need some good and clear tutorials to get me started)

I am really thankful for your tips

Kind regards
Thomas

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