I'm learning Django (and Python) now, a big +1 for the official tutorial being the best first place to start. It walks you through setting up your environment,

I'm learning Django (and Python) now, a big +1 for the official tutorial being the best first place to start. It walks you through setting up your environment, working with the terminal and a cool little project setting up your first app that quickly and clearly shows you all sorts of cool things Django can do. I took me about 10 hours from start to finish with probably half of that devoted to getting my environment setup. I learned a ton and not just about Django. If you have experience with Python and/or working with the terminal it should be much faster, but you'll still probably learn a lot. #django IRC channel is another resource I'd highly recommend, especially when you get stuck. Those guys are super, super helpful.