best resources for learning django

[arvapo]

Hi all,

Simple question: For a newbie like me, what is (are) the best
resource(s) to learn django? books, etc...

I just installed version 1.3.1

Looking forward to your replies.

Cheers,
Arvapo

[gowtham]

Not sure if it is the best one (would like to here from Pros on this). But following really helped me to get started. I  finishing this tutorial in 2 days and the next two days, i started and had a working application (simple though) for my project......

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/intro/tutorial01/

-Gowthaman

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[Javier Guerra Giraldez]

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 1:23 PM, gowtham <ragow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Not sure if it is the best one (would like to here from Pros on this). But
> following really helped me to get started. I  finishing this tutorial in 2
> days and the next two days, i started and had a working application (simple
> though) for my project......
>
> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/intro/tutorial01/

even if you find any other 'better' source, the tutorials are a
necessary prerequisite. there are lots of times where a newcomer asks
something in the list and even if the answer might not be in the
tutorials themselves, not doing them leads to a big obstacle to
communication.

for me, the best order is:

- the tutorials (all of them, even if they're not related to your needs)
- ask a little in the list.
- read other sections in the documentation.
- read the Django Book. even if it's a little dated, the concepts stay valid.
- ask a little more on the list
- read the whole docs.
- start answering on the list! yes, that helps learning too

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[Andre Terra]

First of all, welcome to Django!

If you're not familiar with python (and specially managing python packages), I recommend you setup a sane development environment. Namely using virtualenv and pip, and optionally mkvirtualenv (if you're not on windows).

Having to figure out import errors is usually very a frustrating obstacle, especially for newbies.

http://www.saltycrane.com/blog/2009/05/notes-using-pip-and-virtualenv-django/

http://www.doughellmann.com/docs/virtualenvwrapper/

Cheers,

AT

[Zeengr]

After reading the django tutorial mentioned above,

 I recommend reading http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/

then start reading more about any topic you need to work with from django documentaion https://docs.djangoproject.com/

[Jonathan Holloway]

I sympathise with you.  I'm following the 1.3 online docs and hacking a site together at the moment.

an up to date book would be awesome !!!

I found looking at example projects on Github very useful.

Cheers,

Jon.

[Djamel Gasbakid]

I find this a very good ressource Django by Example: Django Tutorials - Django by Example

2012/3/2 Jonathan Holloway <jonathan...@gmail.com>

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I think both of these books are excellent:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/143021936X/
http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Django-Experts-Voice-Development/dp/1430210478/