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The purpose of the Django Starter Kit is to provide a guide to the newcomer to Django. There is a plethora of resources available for learning Django, but as a newcomer, it can be overwhelming to know what's good and where to start. The guide is intended to ease this learning process and steer newcomers in the right direction.

See the other pages created in this wiki.

How do I get Django installed?

First make sure that you have Python installed. See install instructions for Mac, Windows and Linux.

Ok, I got Django installed. Now what?

TODO

What is a good editor for doing Python/Django development?

We recommend using Sublime Text 2 which is compatible Note: this is just our personal preference. There are many other perfectly good editors like PyCharm, vim, emacs, Eclipse with PyDev, WingIDE,

I'm on a Mac. Are there any shortcuts

• Github for Mac
• Postgres.app + pgAdmin3
• MySQL Workbench - for browsing your MySQL database
• SQLLite Manager - Firefox extension for browsing SQLite databases

That polls tutorial is boring. Are there any other getting started tutorials I can try instead?

• Getting Started with Django - video tutorials
• Effective Django - watch the tutorial from PyCon
• Django for Designers
• Build Ribbit, a Twitter clone, in Django
• Django unchained - costs $15-19/mo for premium membership

How do I debug my Django app?

• The Django Debug Toolbar is an indispensable tool
• bpython

Where can I go for help?

• Books: Two Scoops of Django
• Django user groups: Djangonauts lists meetups all around the world. You can also go to Meetup.com and search for "Django".
• Twitter: Follow this django-python list of people on Twitter who use Django and Python
• IRC: visit the #django IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.
• Mailing lists: The django-users discussion list is a good place to ask questions about Django.
• Stackoverflow questions/answers tagged with "django"
• Reddit sub-reddit for Django

Show me the docs!

• Django.me - append any Django class, template, view to the end of this URL
• Classy Class-Based Views Also check out django-addview for quickly making class-based views
• Read the Docs - lots of third-party add-ons for Django documented and searchable

Where can I find Django add-ons?

• Github: search Github for "django". At last count there were 20,000 repositories.
• Python Package Index (pypi): search PyPi for "django"
• Crate.io is a nicer interface to PyPi. Search crate.io for "django"
• Django Packages is a directory of reusable apps, sites, tools and more for your Django projects. Provides comparison grids to compare feature sets and adoption of various similar packages.

How do I install a Django add-on?

• pip
• if not released on pypi, use -e to clone from github
• freeze dependencies in requirements.txt

Can Django do X?

TODO

Graphing data:

• django-graphos
• django-googlecharts - written by one of the founders of Django but this package hasn't been touched in 3 years.

Scraping data:

• django-dynamic-scraper

What are some cool Django projects that I can look at for inspiration?

TODO

How do I get my Django project deployed to a server?

TODO