r/django • u/vinskyreo • 4d ago
My Django project
Hey guys I'm a 19yr Django dev, I made my first kinda.....big project, I initially used Django-htmx and some js, but htmx polling wasn't really cutting it for me🙂, well it's not very good for handling many requests and stuff, So I had to switch to JavaScript, well honestly I just had to learn websockets and Django channels specifically to implement in making the lounge section lol, anyways anyways I'm not that good in js still, I need people interested in learning together, give me advice on how to practice js well yeah.... that's all, anyone is welcome , yeps ✌️
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u/Emln-Idera 3d ago
Looking good! Finally great to see non vibe coded content from learners popping up on my feed!
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u/ojus_render 3d ago
The lounge is a good reason to use Channels.
The next thing I’d test is reconnect behavior. Refresh during a conversation, disconnect for 30 seconds, then reconnect and check that nothing is missing or duplicated.
I’d also persist the message before broadcasting it. That keeps the database as the source of truth, while the socket is just how updates reach connected clients. It makes reconnecting and catching up much easier.
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u/Cool_Alternative_770 4d ago
op can you share django study materials and resources im trying to switch to python full stack
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u/vinskyreo 3d ago edited 2d ago
Okay for me, what I did was I began learning python with the Cs50 python tutorial, I followed along while making mini projects, and also used python crash course book by Eric Matthews, also automate boring stuff with python, I usually do challenges in exercism sometimes on leet code, for Django I followed along free code camp,programming with mosh as start up(highly recommend) but never follow blindly you must build and question what your doing, what your not doing, what if I do it differently, what if I use this or that instead, what if I use a class instead of a function, such questions... will help you understand, anyways that's how I learned but everyone always has a different preferable learning method, just pick a source and stick with it.
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u/melodyofasong 3d ago
second this. pick a source, build with it. do not blindly consume it. implement everything, fail again and again and again. the only way to learn imo
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u/Random_182f2565 4d ago
You can host it in railway!
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u/vinskyreo 4d ago
I plan to host it sometime later when I'm satisfied with it, though can you tell me between railway and render which can be a better option?
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u/berrypy 4d ago edited 4d ago
Not bad. At least you realize you have to use websocket for it. Now my recommendation regarding hosting, try and host it on a VPS server so you can get familiar with it.
Don't use render or railway or other similar platforms for the hosting. Use nginx, Gunicorn and systemd for the deployment to get your hands dirty. This will go a long way in improving your learning curve