[Python-talk] "The Django book is done"

[Bill Sconce]

On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:47:46 -0500
Ted Roche <tedroche at tedroche.com> wrote:

> >From the Python-Daily-URL
> (http://www.pythonware.com/daily/5715330913275020399):
> 
> "Adrian Holovaty, Jacob Kaplan-Moss: The Django Book is done
> <http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2007/dec/16/book/> ["/The Django
> Book started shipping last week, and we've put the full text online for
> free. We put a draft of the book up about a year ago for comments, and
> were amazed by the quality (and quantity!) of responses. We read each of
> the comments (around 2500) as we revised the book towards a final print
> release. That print release has been available in stores for about a
> week,


One copy came in at Borders yesterday.  Janet called me (I was out at
client's site) and I drove down(*) and got it.  Hey, PySIG is this
week...  it'll be on the program!

It's a VERY good book.  Almost no screenshots, working code within four
pages(**).  "The goal of this book is to make you a Django expert."  w00t!
Not just another dummies book.

And oh, yes, among the people to whom the authors say they're especially
grateful...  one Kent Johnson!


good_printed_books_are_indispensab'ly yrs,

-Bill

(*) DW Highway, going the same way as everyone headed to Peasant Lane
Mall, Saturday evening before Christmas.
An HOUR, just from I-93.  :(
Worth it.

(**) Pages 12-15:
  $ svn co http://codedjangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk djtrunk
  # echo "/prj/djtrunk" > /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/djtrunk.pth
  # ln -s /prj/djtrunk/bin/django-admin.py /usr/local/bin/django-admin.py
  $ django-admin.py startproject mysite
  $ cd mysite; python manage.py runserver

Browse to http://localhost ... it's running!  Elapsed time: 20 minutes
(including a second cup of tea).

And everything is in Python.  You can READ it!