Two Scoops of Django: Best Practices for Django 1.6

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This book is chock-full of material that will help you with your Django projects.

We’ll introduce you to various tips, tricks, patterns, code snippets, and techniques that we’ve picked up over the years. This book is a significant revision of the previous edition:

Expanded and revised. 446 pages total (up from 310 pages).
Significant portions of the previous material have been revised, incorporating huge amounts of feedback from our readers and our 1.6 technical reviewers. We listened to your suggestions, answered your questions, thought hard about your discussions and debates, and incorporated your useful tips into the book, carefully curating what went in and what didn't.
New material includes 6 chapters and 2 appendices covering function-based views, consuming REST APIs, deployment, continuous integration, i18n, new settings/config strategies and more.
Even more handy reference tables and lists, for at-a-glance comparisons and summaries.
Greatly improved index to make it easier to reference.

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What have people said about Two Scoops of Django?

I read the first edition cover to cover. The second one raises the bar again. It's pedagogical, entertaining, and thoughtful. ~ Aymeric Augustin, Django core developer.
Whether you're a Django beginner or a seasoned veteran, I recommend you get this book, and read it cover to cover, and keep it near you for easy reference ~ Ken Cochrane, Django developer since 2008
It’s basically a 446 page checklist to getting your Django code right ~ Kevin A Stone, author of the Django Rest Framework and Angular Tutorial
One reason why using Django better than rails or some node framework is because of @pydanny and @audreyr's 2 scoops book! What a reference! ~ Lakshman Prasad, senior python developer, educator, and speaker
A great book! ~ Shawn Plummer, Django Developer
Make sure you have your favorite project next to you while reading. You'll be doing some rewriting. ~ Bryan Veloso, GitHubber, PyCon PH Keynote speaker
If I could time travel, the first thing I'd do would be give my younger self a copy of this book, and make him read it. ~ Randall Degges, Passionate Python Hacker
You know those lessons you learn when projects blow up in your face? This book contains several projects worth of such lessons. ~ Lennart Regebro, author of "Porting to Python 3"
This book should prove to be an amazing resource for any new-to-Django developer that picks it up. ~ Kenneth Love, Creator of "Getting Started with Django"
<3 <3 <3 ~ Jannis Leidel, Django Core Contributor
A single read-through of Two Scoops of Django gave me so many lightbulbs and tips; I had to go back for a second helping. ~ Lynn Root, Red Hat engineer and PyLadies ambassador.
Ha ha, I learned something in the first chapter. Awesome. ~ Zed Shaw, Author of Learn Python the Hard Way.
Two Scoops should provide some food for thought and usable recommendations for anybody using Django regularly. ~ Malcolm Tredinnick, Django Core Contributor
No matter what your skill level is, Two Scoops has solid tips for everyone. ~ Jeff Triplett, Developer at Revsys
This book is pure gold. If you're starting your Django adventure then buy this book. It will help you land your job. If you are experienced Django programmer, then buy this book. You will learn new things and question some other. It is that great. ~ Tomasz Paczkowski, DjangoCon Europe Co-organizer
This is the book I wished had existed and I could have read when I started learning Django. ~ Barry Morrison, Linux systems engineer and Django developer
I find analogies are very helpful for my understanding and the ice cream one is perfect. ~ Wifarley on Hacker News
Two Scoops of Django is by far the best Django book I've read. ~ Ben Beecher on Twitter
The writing is clear, concise, and accurate. This might be the best Django book I've read. ~ Jessica Ross
Are there any negatives? Well yes. Only one: I wish I've read it earlier! ~ Branko Vukelic
Thanks for writing the book - I learned quite a few new things from it and I have been using Django since 0.92. ~ Phil Davis

Peek Inside the Book

Chapter 9 Section 6, Using Just django.views.generic.View is a good representation of the writing style, code samples, and general feel of the book.

Full Reviews of Two Scoops of Django 1.6

What does the book cover?

Two Scoops of Django covers common best practices, including the following:

The Optimal Django Setup

Tips and tricks for setting up your computer with Django and important tools the most optimal way.

Django Class-Based Views

We were part of the massive rewrite of Django's official class-based view documentation. In the book we cover the gray area where the docs end and specific use cases begin.

Securing Your Django Projects

Django has a good security record. Help keep it that way by learning how to lock down and secure your projects.

Bottleneck Analysis

Is your project running slow? We cover how to determine where bottlenecks exist and how to fix them.

Advanced Django Form Usage

Daniel gave the DjangoCon 2011 Advanced Django Form Usage talk and is updating it for PyCon 2013. Gain a deeper understanding of forms through his detailed examples.

Settings and Requirements Files

Manage your settings/dependencies for different environments such that 100% of settings and 0% of secret keys are in version control.

Model Inheritance

We provide everything you need to know about concrete, abstract, and proxy models.

Transactions in Django 1.6

Stabilize your data with the new and improved Django 1.6 transaction system.

Tons of code examples!

This book is loaded with code examples. We've gone the extra mile to put together great examples for you.

Here is a snapshot of the table of contents from Two Scoops of Django: Best Practices for Django 1.6.

Chapter 1: Coding Conventions
Chapter 2: The Optimal Django Environment Setup
Chapter 3: How to Lay Out Django Projects
Chapter 4: Fundamentals of Django App Design
Chapter 5: Settings and Requirements Files
Chapter 6: Database/Model Best Practices
Chapter 7: Function- and Class-Based Views
Chapter 8: Best Practices for Function-Based Views
Chapter 8: Best Practices for Class-Based Views
Chapter 10: Common Patterns for Forms
Chapter 11: More Things to Know About Forms
Chapter 12: Templates: Best Practices
Chapter 13: Template Tags and Filters
Chapter 14: Building REST APIs in Django
Chapter 15: Consuming REST APIs in Templates
Chapter 16: Tradeoffs of Replacing Core Components
Chapter 17: Working With the Django Admin
Chapter 18: Dealing with the User Model
Chapter 19: Django's Secret Sauce: Third-Party Packages
Chapter 20: Testing Chapter of Doom!

Chapter 21: Documentation: Be Obsessed
Chapter 22: Finding and Reducing Bottlenecks
Chapter 23: Security Best Practices
Chapter 24: Logging: What's It For, Anyway?
Chapter 25: Signals: Use Cases and Avoidance Techniques
Chapter 26: What About Those Random Utilities?
Chapter 27: Deployment: Platforms as a Service
Chapter 28: Deploying Django Projects
Chapter 29: Identical Environments: The Holy Grail
Chapter 30: Continuous Integration
Chapter 31: How To Release Your Own Django Packages
Chapter 32: Closing Thoughts
Appendix A: Packages Mentioned in This Book
Appendix B: Troubleshooting
Appendix C: Additional Resources
Appendix D: Internationalization and Localization
Appendix E: Settings Alternatives
Appendix F: Working with Python 3
Acknowledgments
Index

Why We Wrote This Book

After seeing other fellow developers struggle to get past the same sorts of basic hurdles in Django we had to overcome, we realized that much of the Django knowledge that we take for granted is not written down with examples anywhere.

We decided to take everything we know and write it down. Along the way, we learned even more from others and wrote those things down as well.

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