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At the DjangoCon 2011 sprint in Portland, we are trying to improve the experience for people who are new to Django. What are the obstacles, speedbumps, areas of confusion and annoyances that make it hard for someone to build their first web app with Django?
Django Starter Kit home page: http://natea.github.com/djangostarterkit
IRC channel: #djangostart on irc.freenode.net
Sprint ringleader: Nate Aune - nate (at) djangozoom (dot) com, @natea on Twitter and natea on IRC
Overview: show me a high level overview of how the Django pieces fit together
Team: Phil, Jason
Setup: how do I get my environment set up so that I can begin working with Django
Team: Dana, Nick
Build: let's build my first Django project and follow a comprehensive tutorial
Team: Esther, Mjumbe
Deployment: how can I get my Django project running on a public server so others can use it?
Sprinters: Tim, David
Other: Glossary of common terms, cheat sheets, etc.
Team: Joe, Data
- How to be a newbie - some strategies for learning
- Django project templates
- Best practices - tell me what to avoid and what is considered the best way to do something
- Installers - point-n-click installers for Mac, Windows and Linux
- Tutorials - step-by-step to getting started with creating a Django site
- Screencasts - don't tell me - show me!
- Examples - what are some fully-built Django projects that I can look at as examples?
- Packages - I don't like reinventing the wheel - what packages can I plug into my Django site?
- Deployment - how do I deploy my Django project to a server?
- Hosting - what hosting provider will host my Django site?
- People - where can I find other Django people who can help me?
- Talks - learn from the experts. Talks from Django/Python conferences.
- Gripes about Django
- recap of Day 1 of sprints
- DjangoCon sprint - summary of the DjangoCon sprint where this project got it's start