Re:HN: I want to trade my finance knowledge for python/djang...
by bfe on Saturday May 14, 2011 @08:24PM
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How significant an issue is it how old these books are? The Django Book is from 2007 and predates even Django version 1.0, and the "in progress" second edition on the website has its last update in March 2009. Practical Django Projects is from 2008. Do these books have enough special sauce relative to up-to-date Django 1.3 documentation and tutorials to be worthwhile?
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Re:HN: I want to trade my finance knowledge for python/djang...
by mattdeboard on Saturday May 14, 2011 @11:15PM
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Do not waste your time with The Django Book. The Django docs are epic, and what you don't understand you can usually get assisted with on StackOverflow or in #django on freenode. Also, find a website you use a lot and create a clone of it in Django. You'll find that to be more educational than any generic tutorial.
Re:HN: I want to trade my finance knowledge for python/djang...
by kmfrk on Saturday May 14, 2011 @08:39PM
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Here is a good answer to your question: http://www.quora.com/Django/Is-it-O-K-to-read-Django-beginne....
Re:HN: I want to trade my finance knowledge for python/djang...
by bfe on Saturday May 14, 2011 @10:41PM
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Thanks, that is helpful. It indicates there were bigger changes from 0.9 to 1.0 than any since then; The Django Book is based on 0.9, so maybe it isn't worth spending time with now.
Re:HN: I want to trade my finance knowledge for python/djang...
by cdr on Sunday May 15, 2011 @12:41AM
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Practical Django Projects got an updated second edition in 2010 which would be a good thing, but...
It's unfortunately sort of half-finished. The author clearly lost interest halfway through. The accompanying github repo was never finished, but luckily at least some readers forked it and finished it.
It's a very decent book for the most part, but I hesitate to recommend it.