Introduction

When I wrote my first book, Pro Django, I didn't have much of an idea what my readers would find interesting. I had gained a lot of information I thought would be useful for others to learn, but I didn't really know what would be the most valuable thing they'd take away. As it turned out, in nearly 300 pages, the most popular chapter in the book barely mentioned Django at all. It was about Python.

The response was overwhelming. There was clearly a desire to learn more about how to go from a simple Python application to a detailed framework like Django. It's all Python code, but it can be hard to understand based on even a reasonably thorough understanding of the language. The tools and techniques involved require some extra knowledge ...

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