the problem is simple, most people come to django with no previous web development knowledge and no python experience. they expect it to "just work" like php.

this ain't gonna work that way. if you know python, you will always find your way out by looking at the django code (there lie the best examples of how to write django.)

and if you have web development experience, you will recognize the time you've wasted on boilerplate stuff django gives you for free.

'nuf said.