Tell me about: Django / Python vs. Wordpress

[alexx]

I'm looking into the most effective way to build clean coded bespoke sites with minimal bumpf and maximum scalability.

I've never used Django or Python before and I'm looking to base my work on Less framework.

I'm fairly handed with code but a lot better with css and frontend stuff so I'd like to learn a lot more.

I know wordpress is quite heavily supported (themeforest ect) with 1000s of templates that you can rip apart and save a bit of time but I'm not a massive fan of how wordpress is mainly still focused around being a blog and most of the code seems quite bulky.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[BahBah]

Django has a solid community on Google Groups that can help for Q&A.

I've been using it for a couple of years now, and came from a PHP/MySQL background with no Python experience.

The framework is very stable and the documentation on the djangoproject.com website is excellent. Django scales extremely well and it's a lot of fun to work with.