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or a checkout for major points. just an idea

Hello,
I started the Django Book and I continue to get:

' ~\Python35-32\python.exe: No module named import'

errors.

I used an alias= in git bash to set 'python' to run python.exe. I'm getting the 'No module named' error types when I run:

$django-admin.py startproject mysite'
'$ python -m manage.py runserver'

Here is an example of another error:

TR mysite$ python manage.py runserver
C:\Users\TR\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\python.exe: can't open file 'manage.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Thanks for the help,

TR

WIP

Simplify database setup
https://github.com/kennethreitz/dj-database-url

New in 1.3 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/logging/

New in 1.3 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/ref/contrib/staticfiles/

https://github.com/esacteksab/django-book/blob/master/en/chapter08.rst

def my_view2(request):
    if not request.user.is_authenticated():
        return HttpResponseRedirect('/accounts/login/')
    # ...
    return render_to_response('template2.html')

Seems more elegant to do

@login_required(login_url='/accounts/login')
def my_view2(request):
    return render_to_response('template2.html')

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/auth/

BTW, the login_url for the decorator is new in 1.3

https://github.com/esacteksab/django-book/blob/master/en/chapter04.rst

Chapter 4 mentions render_to_response, but doesn't mention RequestContext in the render_to_response

New in 1.3 (isn't this book only up to 1.2?) is render, a shortcut (and IMO is awesome!)

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/http/shortcuts/

Not knowing the targeted audience, intended purpose, etc. etc. I don't know if you want to expose short cuts or if there is a reason/want/desire to do it the "old" way?

to be able to handle POST, you have to setup a real view and handle a csrf_token on POST.

It seems that it is time to switch the template from render_to_response() to render() i was going to pull the update, but the problem is that it needs more talk about, since earlier in the chapter render() is used in command line, so the reader will be confused?

django-book/en/_build/html/chapter03.html#a-quick-note-about-404-errors

Numerous mentions of 404

I wonder if some of this should be tied in?

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/releases/1.4-alpha-1/#django-conf-urls-defaults
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/error-reporting/#errors
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/http/urls/#error-handling << FWIW HTTP 403 is new in 1.4

There is the "Django" way, and then there is the "better" way perhaps (better is subjective I realize).

Could/Would there be a book to discuss commonly-used/recommended plug-ins?

Perhaps something like:

django-crispy-forms
django-floppy-forms
django-thumbs
django-user-account (or django registration)

Stuff that just makes Django developer's lives easier? Just thinking out loud.

Running Forms examples as instructed results in csrf errors.

Needed to include {% csrf_token %} in template and

return render_to_response('contact_form.html', {'form': form},
        context_instance=RequestContext(request))

to views.py for this to work.

Maybe as well make things more opinionated.

Sqlite isn't useful in development and won't be deployed in production. I'm using Postgres for everything now, may as well update the guide.

When installing the Books app, the tutorial says to install it as so

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    # 'django.contrib.auth',
    # 'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    # 'django.contrib.sessions',
    # 'django.contrib.sites',
    'mysite.books',
)

this can't find books and so I believe it should be

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    # 'django.contrib.auth',
    # 'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    # 'django.contrib.sessions',
    # 'django.contrib.sites',
    'books',
)

Increment the rest of the chapters by 1.

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/class-based-views/