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| Author: James Bennett
Publisher: Apress
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 7 x 0.7
ISBN: 1590599969
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.76
EAN: 9781590599969
ASIN: 1590599969
Publication Date: June 23, 2008
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 Good, but poorly timed August 15, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is a great book. 2 nits. One big, one small.
Nit #1: "Admonitions" seems a bit contrived.
Nit #2: This book should have either been released earlier or released 3 months later. The game is changing with 1.0 and all previous books will require fixes and updates to work. This increases the barrier to entry for newbies and should be rectified as soon as possible.
[Update: Word is there will be a hg repo for updated code samples. Now retracting Nit #2]
 Wait for the next edition of this book August 11, 2008
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
This book is a solid, practically-oriented introduction to Django, but be warned: the code in the book fails with Django 1.0. This is an important caveat because you cannot progress through the exercises unless you know the gotchas and how to modify the code accordingly. Some of the incompatibilities are quite major.
I found that the book pitches a bit low for an experienced developers and it's thin on discussion of the meat of what's going on under the hood. A minor issue with the book is the author's insistence on "admonishing" you literally every second page. You see, calling things "admonitions" one of the secret signs that Python nerds use to show that they're part of that very special little gang of elite hardcore "Pythonistas". For the rest of us, it's just grating (or maybe I'm just not dope enough to be a Pythonista, yo. Y'know what I'm saying, bro? Word.)
Issues aside, I do like its very hands-on approach and I'm betting that the next edition will be a 4.5 star book.
 Must Have Book When Learning Django July 22, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you found that you have worked through the tutorial on the official Django website and are still wanting more, this is the book to get. I started working with Django about 2 months ago and first purchased The Definitive Guide to Django. I am not to familiar with any type of web or other programming and definitely not familiar with web frameworks. After working through the guide and reading some of the online documentation, I found that I was still confused in some areas.
Make sure you work through some of the basics of Django before reading this book. While it does take you step by step through making different projects, you may be confused if you have never seen Django before. There are a ton of great applications out there already developed with Django and this book takes you in to a few examples of them.
In my eyes, James Bennett is the leading authority on Django tutorials. I find myself finding more and more great examples on his personal blog every day. I would highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn more about Django.
Ars Technica review of Practical Django Projects July 11, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
The final, and best, section of this book covers a few topics that have personally revolutionized my understanding and how I think about developing my Django applications. James goes to great lengths to explain the philosophy behind Django's concept of reusable applications.
The idea here is that one should strive to develop small, tightly-focused, and loosely coupled applications (or modules) that can be plugged into any application to add instant functionality. In fact, a large portion of what makes Django such an attractive framework--it's auto-generated admin interface, and copious add-on library--are developed in this exact same fashion. It's one of the reason's Django is so powerful and easy to adopt.
With few Django books on the market at this point, I would recommend Practical Django Projects to anyone who has at least cursory experience with web development or web frameworks. By going through the two substantial projects in this book, a competent developer can hone their Django skills to a level that some have reached only after months or years. This book is short for the amount of useful information it will impart on you; at a thin 256 pages, you'll be speeding through chapters at a nice brisk pace that satisfied my scatterbrained personality.
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A must have! July 7, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book certainly doesn't disappoint. The examples are excellent, and can easily be abstracted and applied to just about any Django project. I found the TemplateTag examples to be particularly helpful.
The book is an easy read, and is a great companion to The Deinfitive Guide to Django. Two thumbs way up.
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