Our Django Book is Launched
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Our Django Book is Launched
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Re: Our Django Book is Launched
#2Will it be available on the Kindle or as an ePub or solely PDF and print?
Re: Our Django Book is Launched
#3I definitely look forward to reading this over the weekend. Just purchased. I've already learned quite a bit from pydanny's blog over the years, so hopefully the book follows suit.
Re: Our Django Book is Launched
#4So, full disclaimer: I was one of the editors of this book.
This is a really great 'best practices' book for Django developers of all skill levels.
In the Django community, there are a variety of practices that people tend to use: webapp structure, coding conventions, library preferences, etc. As a Django developer, finding out 'which way should I do X' is often harder than it seems: there are tons of articles on Google, but it's difficult to make sense of which recommendations are right.
This book takes a really great approach to the problem by introducing readers to a great deal of information: which way you should do X, why, and how it works. Instead of just getting a solution, you'll understand why things should be done that way, and how it works.
Furthermore, I can tell you that as an editor of this book, both Danny and Audrey (the authors) took quite a lot of feedback, and made a lot of progressive changes to the content. This (in my opinion) is a huge selling point, as you know all the book's content has been reviewed by numerous influential Django developers and users.
Anyhow, this is a really great book, and quite cheap for the asking price. I'd highly recommend you read it, regardless of your skill level.
Re: Our Django Book is Launched
#5Will it be available on the Kindle or as an ePub or solely PDF and print?
I'm one of the authors.
Because of the formatting issues of Kindle and ePub, the negative reviews Python books get when formatting breaks in those formats, we're not sure yet it we'll publish it in mobi/epub.
That said, if you have any advice on getting Python to look good in those formats, we would love to hear it. :-)
Re: Our Django Book is Launched
#6Does it mostly focus on Django on Python 2, or is there a good portion that deals with Django on Python 3 as well?
Re: Our Django Book is Launched
#7Does it mostly focus on Django on Python 2, or is there a good portion that deals with Django on Python 3 as well?
It focuses on 2.7.x primarily, but a lot of the advice is usable regardless.
Re: Our Django Book is Launched
#8Will it be available on the Kindle or as an ePub or solely PDF and print?
I'm one of the authors. Because of the formatting issues of Kindle and ePub, the negative reviews Python books get when formatting breaks in those formats, we're not sure yet it we'll publish it in mobi/epub. That said, if you have any advice on getting Python to look good in those formats, we would love to hear it. :-)
I've perfected getting Python looking good in those formats :) (Or at least spent a year doing so).
But yes, there are a lot of poorly formatted ebooks, which is especially problematic for Python code.
I've already reached out to Danny via other mechanisms, so perhaps there will be a properly formatted Amazon version...
Re: Our Django Book is Launched
#9Does it mostly focus on Django on Python 2, or is there a good portion that deals with Django on Python 3 as well?
We decided that until there are working implementations of Django running on heavily trafficked Python 3 site, it would be best to focus on Python 2.7. Heck, for that matter, Python 3 is experimental in Django 1.5. We wanted to keep our readers in a safe spot and advocate safety over cutting edge.
That said, we tried to make things as Python 3 friendly as possible. :-)
Re: Our Django Book is Launched
#10Will it be available on the Kindle or as an ePub or solely PDF and print?
I'm one of the authors. Because of the formatting issues of Kindle and ePub, the negative reviews Python books get when formatting breaks in those formats, we're not sure yet it we'll publish it in mobi/epub. That said, if you have any advice on getting Python to look good in those formats, we would love to hear it. :-)
I just bought the PDF. But since I plan to read it on my iPhone, an ePub version that looks good would be a great.
(Reading an A4 PDF on an iPhone isn't really comfortable.)