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‎django.html‎

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<a href="http://www.jeffknupp.com/blog/2012/12/11/learning-python-via-django-considered-harmful/">learning Python by using Django is a bad idea</a>.
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However, that criticism is invalid if you take the time to learn the Python
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syntax and language semantics first before diving into web development.</p>
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<h2>Django resources</h2>
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<h2>Django tutorials</h2>
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<p><a href="http://www.tangowithdjango.com/book/">Tango with Django</a> are a extensive
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explains the architecture of the resulting set up and includes Chef scripts
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to automate the deployment.</p>
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<p><a href="http://reinout.vanrees.org/weblog/2014/05/06/making-faster.html">Making a specific Django app faster</a>
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is a Django performance blog post with some tips on measuring performance
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and optimizing based on the measured results.</p>
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<p><a href="http://django-debug-toolbar.readthedocs.org/en/1.2/">Django Debug Toolbar</a>
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is a powerful Django ORM database query inspection tool. Highly recommended
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during development to ensure you're writing reasonable query code.
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<a href="http://mtford.co.uk/blog/2/">Django Silk</a> is another inspection tool and
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has capabilities to do more than just SQL inspection.</p>
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all available free of charge.</p>
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<h2>Django ORM resources</h2>
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<p>The <a href="https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/">Django ORM</a> works well
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for simple and medium-complexity database operations. However, there are often
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complaints that the ORM makes complex queries much more complicated than
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writing straight SQL or using <a href="http://www.sqlalchemy.org/">SQLAlchemy</a>. </p>
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<p>It's technically possible to drop down to SQL but it ties the queries to a
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specific database implementation. The ORM is coupled closely with Django so
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replacing the default ORM with SQLAlchemy is currently a hack workaround. Note
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though that some of the Django core committers believe it is only a matter of
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time before the default ORM is replaced with SQLAlchemy. It will be a large
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effort to get that working though so it's likely to come in Django 1.9 or
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later.</p>
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<p>Since the majority of Django projects are tied to the default ORM, it's best to
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read up on advanced use cases and tools for doing your best work within the
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existing framework.</p>
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<ul>
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<p><a href="http://django-debug-toolbar.readthedocs.org/en/1.2/">Django Debug Toolbar</a>
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is a powerful Django ORM database query inspection tool. Highly recommended
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during development to ensure you're writing reasonable query code.
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<a href="http://mtford.co.uk/blog/2/">Django Silk</a> is another inspection tool and
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has capabilities to do more than just SQL inspection.</p>
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</li>
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<p><a href="http://reinout.vanrees.org/weblog/2014/05/06/making-faster.html">Making a specific Django app faster</a>
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is a Django performance blog post with some tips on measuring performance
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and optimizing based on the measured results.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p><a href="https://speakerdeck.com/alex/why-i-hate-the-django-orm">Why I Hate the Django ORM</a>
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is Alex Gaynor's overview of the bad designs decisions, some of which he
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made, while building the Django ORM.</p>
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<p><a href="https://speakerdeck.com/craigkerstiens/going-beyond-django-orm-with-postgres">Going Beyond Django ORM with Postgres</a>
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is specific to using PostgreSQL with Django.</p>
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## Django resources
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## Django tutorials
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* [Tango with Django](http://www.tangowithdjango.com/book/) are a extensive
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free introductions to using the most popular Python web framework. Several
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current developers said this book really helped them get over the initial
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* [Making a specific Django app faster](http://reinout.vanrees.org/weblog/2014/05/06/making-faster.html)
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* [Django Debug Toolbar](http://django-debug-toolbar.readthedocs.org/en/1.2/)
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[Django Silk](http://mtford.co.uk/blog/2/) is another inspection tool and
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* [GoDjango](https://godjango.com/) screencasts and tutorials are free short
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## Django ORM resources
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The [Django ORM](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/) works well
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for simple and medium-complexity database operations. However, there are often
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complaints that the ORM makes complex queries much more complicated than
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writing straight SQL or using [SQLAlchemy](http://www.sqlalchemy.org/).
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It's technically possible to drop down to SQL but it ties the queries to a
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specific database implementation. The ORM is coupled closely with Django so
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replacing the default ORM with SQLAlchemy is currently a hack workaround. Note
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though that some of the Django core committers believe it is only a matter of
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time before the default ORM is replaced with SQLAlchemy. It will be a large
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effort to get that working though so it's likely to come in Django 1.9 or
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later.
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Since the majority of Django projects are tied to the default ORM, it's best to
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read up on advanced use cases and tools for doing your best work within the
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existing framework.
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* [Django Debug Toolbar](http://django-debug-toolbar.readthedocs.org/en/1.2/)
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is a powerful Django ORM database query inspection tool. Highly recommended
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during development to ensure you're writing reasonable query code.
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[Django Silk](http://mtford.co.uk/blog/2/) is another inspection tool and
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has capabilities to do more than just SQL inspection.
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* [Making a specific Django app faster](http://reinout.vanrees.org/weblog/2014/05/06/making-faster.html)
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is a Django performance blog post with some tips on measuring performance
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and optimizing based on the measured results.
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* [Why I Hate the Django ORM](https://speakerdeck.com/alex/why-i-hate-the-django-orm)
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is Alex Gaynor's overview of the bad designs decisions, some of which he
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made, while building the Django ORM.
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* [Going Beyond Django ORM with Postgres](https://speakerdeck.com/craigkerstiens/going-beyond-django-orm-with-postgres)
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is specific to using PostgreSQL with Django.
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## Open source Django example projects
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* [Txt 2 React](https://github.com/makaimc/txt2react) is a full Django web
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app that allows audiences to text in during a presentation with feedback

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