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		Scriptor on Jan 10, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Django book, Second Edition. Agreed, they're just 4 pages, but they cover a great deal and you can definitely start a decent site after going through the tutorial. At its end, it also points you to more docs that describe specific things such as forms, urls, and caching in great detail.

simonw on Jan 10, 2009 [–]

Actually if you generate a PDF off the official Django documentation it comes out as nearly 800 pages!

http://blog.clintecker.com/post/66123727/django-1-0-2-docume...

Scriptor on Jan 12, 2009 | [–]

Good point, I meant that the introductory tut was only 4 pages. THanks for correcting me!

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