Where to go next

Last checked: 5 September 2026.

Official documentation and tutorials

Django documentation is the reference for the framework
The official Django tutorial builds a polling app step by step. Start here if you already code a little
Django Girls provides a free beginner-friendly course, taught at volunteer-run workshops around the world and also available to work through online. It's the one I'd suggest if you're new to coding

Two Scoops of Django (Greenfeld & Greenfeld) is a well-regarded book of Django best practices. The current edition covers Django 3.x, but much of the advice remains spot on
Django for Beginners (Vincent) works through a series of small projects and takes them as far as deployment. The current version covers Django 5
Tango with Django (Azzopardi & Maxwell) is aimed at students and builds a single site from start to finish. Note that the freely available older editions cover older versions of Django; the newer Tango with Django 4 edition is available separately

Simple is Better Than Complex (Vitor Freitas) has clear examples covering topics such as forms, users, file uploads and many-to-many relationships
Real Python covers all levels of Python and Django. Some material free and some behind a subscription
adamj.eu (Adam Johnson) covers Django internals, performance, testing and tooling, often in considerable (awesome) technical depth

Django Chat interviews people prominent in the Django community. It's good for understanding both how Django is used and why the framework has developed the way it has
Talk Python To Me covers Python more broadly through long-form interviews
Python Bytes is a short regular round-up of Python news (my go-to)

Django Forum is the official discussion forum
Django News publishes Django news and maintains a weekly newsletter covering releases, articles, projects and community news

Djangonaut Space is a free, eight-week group mentoring programme for people who want to become more involved in contributing to Django and related projects
DjangoCon US and DjangoCon Europe are major annual Django conferences. Talks from previous conferences are available online
Local Django and Python meetups. The Django community page is useful for finding groups and events
Hackathons and contribution sprints are another good way to meet other developers and work on real projects
PythonistaCafe is a paid, online community for developing Python developers

Essential Django third-party packages is a useful shortlist of commonly used packages
Django Packages is a directory that groups packages by job and provides information that can help you judge which projects are actively maintained (I love this site)

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