Tango With Django

by Leif Azzopardi, David Maxwell

A beginner's guide to web development with Python 2.7 / Django 1.7

ebook

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Akash Chavan · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the Best Book on Django for beginners. I would say this should be the first one to read even before official django tutorial.

[Jascha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tango with Django is a really enjoyable book. You really never feel overwhelmed with information and it's easy to follow. I particularly like to see how a small initial project slowly grows. The exercises at the end of each chapter are maybe a bit too easy.

Bad notes. First, the book is that it is now outdated so that either you play with it with the given version OR you use the latest version but you end up with features that are now slightly different or no longer existing. Nothing that cannot be quickly fixed through a Google search tho.

Second bad point, probably the worst thing, is that some ofthe latest chapters are simply BROKEN. Auth redux is an example. The code provided is simply missing part so that you cant get it to work.

[Anton Antonov · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the best intros to Django. A bit out-dated (usually 1-2 versions behind latest) but nevertheless builds a solid project.

However handles beginner-level topics as Django's MTV, ORM, Auth and etc. Doesn't touch upon advanced subjects as REST APIs, combining with SPA and client-side JS, real-time apps or communication between servers (using Django).

[Mohamed Waheed]

Good learning by example. Yet, I'll read the updated version `Tango With Django 2`