Update The third edition, Two Scoops of Django: Best Practices For Django 1.8 is available Revised and expanded to 532 pages, it's a whole new book full of new material. Please consider it before purchasing this edition http: //www.amazon.com/Two-Scoops-Django-Best-Practices/dp/0981467342 Two Scoops of Django: Best Practices For Django 1.6 is chock-full of even more material that will help you with your Django projects.We'll introduce you to various tips, tricks, patterns, code snippets, and techniques that we've picked up over the years.We have put thousands of hours into the second edition of the book, writing and revising its material to include over 130 new pages of concise, example-packed text containing 5 new chapters and 3 new appendices.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Coding ConventionsChapter 2: The Optimal Django Environment SetupChapter 3: How To Lay Out Django ProjectsChapter 4: Fundamentals of Django App DesignChapter 5: Settings and Requirements FilesChapter 6: Database/Model Best PracticesChapter 7: Function-and Class-Based ViewsChapter 8: Best Practices for Function-Based ViewsChapter 9: Best Practices for Class-Based ViewsChapter 10: Common Patterns for FormsChapter 11: More Things To Know About FormsChapter 12: Templates: Best PracticesChapter 13: Template Tags and FiltersChapter 14: Building REST APIsChapter 15: Consuming REST APIs in TemplatesChapter 16: Tradeoffs of Replacing Core ComponentsChapter 17: Working With the Django AdminChapter 18: Dealing with the User ModelChapter 19: Django's Secret Sauce: Third-Party PackagesChapter 20: Testing Chapter of Doom Chapter 21: Documentation: Be ObsessedChapter 22: Finding and Reducing BottlenecksChapter 23: Security Best PracticesChapter 24: Logging: Tips and ToolsChapter 25: Signals: Use Cases and Avoidance TechniquesChapter 26: What About Those Random Utilities?Chapter 27: Deployment: Platforms as a ServiceChapter 28: Deploying Django ProjectsChapter 29: Identical Environments: The Holy GrailChapter 30: Continuous IntegrationChapter 31: Where and How to Ask Django QuestionsChapter 32: Closing ThoughtsAppendix A: Packages Mentioned In This BookAppendix B: TroubleshootingAppendix C: Additional ResourcesAppendix D: Internationalization and LocalizationAppendix E: Settings AlternativesAppendix F: Working with Python 3What is everyone saying about Two Scoops of Django?I read the first edition cover to cover. The second one raises the bar again. It's pedagogical, entertaining, and thoughtful. -- Aymeric Augustin, Django core developer.It's basically a 446 page checklist to getting your Django code right Kevin A Stone, author of the Django Rest Framework and Angular TutorialWhether you're a Django beginner or a seasoned veteran, I recommend you get this book, and read it cover to cover, and keep it near you for easy reference. --Ken Cochrane, Django developer since 2008A single read-through of Two Scoops of Django gave me so many lightbulbs and tips; I had to go back for a second helping. -- Lynn Root, Spotify engineer, PSF Director, and PyLadies ambassador.Make sure you have your favorite project next to you while reading. You'll be doing some rewriting. -- Bryan Veloso, GitHubber, PyCon PH Keynote SpeakerYou know those lessons you learn when projects blow up in your face? This book contains several projects worth of such lessons. -- Lennart Regebro, author of "Porting to Python 3"