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Thanks for mentioning that! I'm just getting into Django, and a friend recommended getting TSoD, and it's been pretty spectacularly unhelpful for actually learn

by ericd 14y ago

Thanks for mentioning that! I'm just getting into Django, and a friend recommended getting TSoD, and it's been pretty spectacularly unhelpful for actually learning how to do the basics like deployment (though I could see how it would be useful for clearing up bad habits). The Django book looks absolutely fantastic for learning the basics, better than most commercial software books I've read in the past. Wonder why they don't point to it explicitly in the Django docs tutorial. Edit: Never mind - while it's good, I've already run into a couple areas where it seems to be severely outdated, so I could see why it wouldn't be advertised too heavily.

pydanny 14y ago
We've gone back and forth on how much to put in the deployment chapter. Our concern is that deployment is one of those areas that has very good documentation, is discussed frequently at meetup groups, and best practices actually change more frequently than people realize. For example, many people got on our case about not including uWSGI or even bothering to include Apache! In any case, I would love to hear your feedback on other areas.
- ericd 14y ago
  Hey, thanks for responding. Sorry if the tone came across as harsh at all, it's quite good, it's just not the sort of book I was expecting. I was hoping it was a more comprehensive A-Z sort of book to learn the surface of everything it takes to get started, like "Agile Web Development with Rails" by Dave Thomas and DHH was for Rails, or the Django Book seems to be for early versions of Django.