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Entries published on September 4, 2006

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Django tips: documentation and resources

Django’s official documentation often draws praise for being well above average for an open-source project, but it’s far from being the only source of useful information for a developer using the framework. Also, articles and tutorials specific to Django aren’t the only useful documentation out there; the Python language in general tends to have tons of great resources. So let’s take a look at some resources you might not know about but should.

Python in general

For someone who’s new to programming in general, or for a programmer who’s new to Python, the official tutorial is quite good, but I personally don’t think there’s any better introduction to the language than Mark Pilgrim’s “Dive Into Python”, which is available for free online. However, the dead-tree edition can be quite nice to cuddle up with, and now it even earns Mark royalties.

The Python standard library is generally applauded for including …

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