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10 Django Trouble Spots for Beginners

10 Django Trouble Spots for Beginners

on May 24th 2010 with 36 comments

Django is an incredibly-powerful web framework, but using it can be a bit daunting for new users. I found this out the hard way over a year ago, spending hours struggling with even the most basic of concepts. If you're new to Django, (or MVC frameworks in general), you're probably going to have to shift your thinking a bit to use this robust framework. Here are some of the issues that I had to struggle with before I fully understood them. Hopefully, this will save you hours of struggling.

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The First 5 Screencast Contestants
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Voting Begins: The First 5 Screencast Contestants

on Oct 5th 2009 with 22 comments

Each day this week, we’ll post five of the top twenty-five videos from the Nettuts+/Screenr competition. Your job, if you choose to accept it, is to review these short web development video tips and choose your favorite one in the poll below. How should you judge? Quite simply – there are no rules! Pick the one that helped you the most. The most chosen video each day will earn a spot in the top five at the end of the week!

Today, you’ll learn everything from setting up your first Django project, to simplifying the beginnings of a jQuery plugin, to applying guides in Photoshop. Each video is less than or equal to five minutes.

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Diving into Django
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Diving into Django

on Feb 11th 2009 with 56 comments

It’s always nice to branch out from our usual topics. For today’s screencast entry, Jeff Hui will show us how to build a basic ticket management system, similar to Lighthouse. Though the project won’t be nearly as advanced as Lighthouse – for obvious reasons – it should make for a nice starter for newcomers to the Django framework.

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Intro to Django

Intro to Django – Building a To-Do List

on Feb 1st 2009 with 70 comments

Django is a powerful web framework, created in Python, which follows the DRY (Don’t repeat yourself), and batteries included philosophies. It allows for rapid website development by providing a wide range of tools and shortcuts out of the box. Django is extremely fast and flexible – even faster than all of the PHP frameworks available. In this article, I’ll introduce you to Django by showing you how to build a simple to-do list.

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