Stuff that a middle age man is still learning
Month: August 2023
It is interesting last night when I was working on the site but the page kept coming up with a 404 Error.
After finding what the issue was this morning it is apparent. The url.py file returns a literal whatever is in the path. I made some notes on the Django flowchart giving an example.
As summary I was typing http://127.0.0.1/loc/createloc
The url pattern in the url.py file was ‘createloc/’ when it should have been ‘/createloc’
Another day in leaning 😀
I have an idea!! That is where it started. My journey into Django and while talking to others, Django might not be the best framework the fight against perfection is taking the next step. I have some background in python so Django made the most sense to me. With that being said I was talking to someone at church yesterday and we were talking about Django and he stated “It was to complicated for me at the time I tried to learn it…”.
That is where I started to think about my personal Django journey and how I learn things personally. Example, I have a Master Flowchart at work that focuses on supporting Palo Alto Products. I started it to make sure that I understand the products that I support and since there are so many I will often take a case for a product that I don’t know very well and it will be 6 months before I see another case with that product… So the flowchart was born to help me personally. Then I started to share it and people stated how much it has help them.
Why not a Django flowchart to help me clarify the things that I am doing and if it helps someone else that would be great also. Will I repeat stuff that is on the djangoproject.com? Absolutely… but maybe my journey will help other take the next step.
So that is where this Django journey begins, if you are reading this recent there will be hardly anything on it but one day at a time… Django Flow
It is interesting the human mind the things that we want to do and what have to do and what we are actually getting done. For example this blog was for me to share what I am learning but the inconsistency of the updates are far and few between. BUT…. that is where another day is a gift for us to make another start. Our diets, workouts, learning or a blog…
So the plan is to add updates here as I am updating my journal that I complete with therapy. Yup no matter how invincible we think we might be some times to be the best we can be we need help. I have rarely hesitated on a professional level to say “I am not sure…” or “I don’t know off the top of my head…”, but until a few weeks ago did I start doing that on a personal level. I feel like it is going well but it is work and consistency. Something that I have said to my manager many times but haven’t put in place on a personal level is…
Additionally to that and with working with my therapist, I have added on to this to verbalize it as I was practicing. “There are things that you can change, things you want to change that you cannot change directly.” It differs in personal and professional lives and I have been trying to live my personal life like my professional life. This is has caused un-needed challenges.
All we can do is what we can do…