Additional Resources¶

Python¶

Python.org - The Python website.

Documentation

Tutorial - An introductory tutorial

Library Reference

Learn Python The Hard Way <http://learnpythonthehardway.org/> A book by Zed Shaw that teaches Python by having the reader write Python code.

Learning Python - This is the book I learned Python from.

Google Python Class - A free class for people with a little bit of programming experience who want to learn Python.

Dive into Python - The full text is available online. This is a good book if you’re already familiar with programming but not with Python.

Django¶

DjangoProject.com - The primary django site

Documentation - Very good reference documentation. The tutorial is a good start but it teaches some less than ideal habits for project setup in order to make it as simple as possible and only gets into the very basics of Django.

Community - An aggregation of various community members blogs and articles about Django, highly recommend subscribing to it’s feed.

Django Snippets - A repository of small snippets that can be helpful.

Books

Django Book - Full text is available online or you can buy a print version.
There are many other Django books, but as I haven’t read them I wouldn’t feel right recommending any of another but you can see many of them here.

Django Community¶

Django Users Mailing List - An active list for general questions about using Django.

Django Developers - A list about the development of Django itself. Note that this list is only for questions and discussion about the development of Django, not about developing with Django.

IRC Channel

Django Gigs - A jobs site specific to Django

Django People - Find other Django users in your area.