Two Scoops of Django: Best Practices for Django 1.8

Two Scoops of Django

by Daniel Roy Greenfeld, Audrey Roy Greenfeld

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.

Genres: Programming, Computer Science, Technology, Coding, Nonfiction, Software, Technical

505 pages, ebook

First published April 29, 2015

About the author

Over the course of his life, Daniel has:

* Studied history
* Learned how to fight with swords
* Ridden horses
* Cycled thousands of miles
* Performed cartwheels in capoeira circles on multiple continents
* Worked as an engineer at NASA
* Married a woman he dreamed about before he ever met her

He believes this combination of skills and experiences makes him the ideal fantasy and tech author.

Reviews

[Jonah Bradley · Rating 5 out of 5]

The authors updated the book this morning and I decided to reward their favor with a review.

This book is excellent. Good best practice guidelines for Django delivered with ice cream and examples from personal experience. I'm very happy this is released, it even better than the previous editions. The book is easy reading, but dense information. I love the cover and the interior drawings. If i had a complaint it would be I want more drawings!

[Dave · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book - I was initially scared it'd be to difficult for me because I'm a beginner but the book helped me by not only getting a better understanding of Django but also showing many tips and useful packages I'll definitely use on my Django journey! Can't wait for the paperback!

[Rolf Erik · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, a must read for every Django developer. The changes from the last edition especially the new chapters are excellent.

[Gaston Keller · Rating 4 out of 5]

So far, the book is as great as its previous editions. I'll update the review as I progress in my reading.

[Amrullah Zunzunia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must Read for all django developers.
(Not a beginners' book, some familiarity to django framework is expected)

[Joppe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Anything less than 5 stars just feels wrong!

[Milton Lenis · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the books that made me a better developer, it teached me the importance of good practices

[Edward · Rating 5 out of 5]

Updated version - still a great resource. Excellent coverage of key areas to develop in Django.

[Gilliano · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good source of django framework knowledge specially for mid or senior developers. Covers from django specificities to good practices on deployment of django projects.

[Max Malysh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent. Considering yourself a django developer? Go read it, you won't regret it.

[Beau Barker · Rating 4 out of 5]

A must-have for Django developers.

[William · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book full of useful tips and tricks for doing Django the "right" way.

[Chitrank Dixit · Rating 5 out of 5]

Two scoops of django 1.8 is the best book if you want to know how to effectively use django 1.8, for the django developers it teaches the best practices to follow in django to make your code and project structure better. It explains about django's templates, tests, views, models and making rest api's using django rest framework. Therefore it covers almost every aspects of developing application using django, a must read book for the django developers

[Phin Jensen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of useful information in this book. It's important to know that this is not a Django guide or reference; it's a collection of best practices. It really helps when you're not sure if you're doing something the right way, but if you're looking for a book to learn Django from the ground up, this is not it.

[Jon · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a cracker of a book. These two python evangelists are outstanding. The best technical book I have read. This is a book about principles and the section on testing was really useful. I think I should show my team. I have 1.6 currently, but will get 1.8.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't program in Django, but read this book for entertainment and to get a glimpse of Django world. Really enjoyed it. It provides great overview of modern web development landscape with a focus on single technology stack.

[snpefk · Rating 3 out of 5]

Уау! Книга по проге, которую можно читать, как настоящую книгу, а не как выжимку из доков! Тем не менее Django перестал представлять для меня интерес, так что уже к середине мне стало скучно. Но дело не в тебе, а во мне.

[David Nugent · Rating 4 out of 5]

Awesome best practices guide for contemporary django. Still good for learning django 1.9, and a great reference book to keep around.

[Adil Khashtamov · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book about Django best practices.

[Adam Hernandez · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was recommended by a co-worker and I am infinitely grateful for the wisdom passed on by the authors. It provides a fantastic foundation for Django best practices.

Although the physical book may appear daunting in size, the chapters are incredibly manageable to consume. I steadily read a chapter or two a day with ease.

[Matthew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very solid book on how to use the Django framework for creating fully functional websites. As a beginner to web development a lot of the concepts went over my head, so I would suggest for any newbies that you read a book that teaches you how to use the Django framework before reading this one.

As far as giving an intermediate to advanced view of how Django works on a conceptual, this book is excellent. It even goes beyond covering conceptual knowledge of Django and shows how Django works inside of a framework of apps for deploying websites.

[César Bustíos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Daniel and Audrey are amazing. This was really, really good. So much information and good practices gathered on the same book. A must-read for Django developers.