How do I use django to create something similar to eventbrite?

Question

I am not expert in Django, but after completing the tutorials from Django, I thought of experimenting my skills . I would like to create a web portal something similar to eventbrite which is capable of hosting various events.

Kindly correct me if I am wrong: basically selling tickets is nothing but a shopping platform, So any eCommerce app can do this part like satchmoproject? and if Yes what kind of customizations should I be looking at like multi-site for various users ?

and how would I create API based architecture for the project which can be used by other web services. I know , I have asked too many questions, but please feel free to guide me.

Also let me know the is Django a right choice for creating a platform similar to Eventbrite?

Answer 1

Yes you can build a similar platform in django, if your language of choice is python. Django is a web framework, so you can build any web application you can conceive, with enough time and money.

To expose your application's API you can use tastypie, piston or djangorestframework.

I would not use satchmo to implement something like Eventbrite. I would start from scratch.

Update: I am not sure if you are planning to develop a web-app or you're trying to combine various web-apps to achieve what you want.

Anyway take a look at djangopackages for various ecommerce apps built in django.

Answer 2

I'm using Python/Django to build a site similar to Event Brite. Depending on what you have in mind, it's not exactly the easiest project to start off for a newbie.

Perhaps you could have a look at this post for some project ideas: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3390841/any-good-django-books