[jwarren116]

+1 for Lightweight Django. I had the pleasure of working with one of the authors. The book is well laid out and covers some really great topics that aren't always covered well elsewhere in the context of Django (i.e. Websocket services with Django). It's a great companion for Two Scoops of Django.

[dangayle]

In my opinion that book should be the starting point. The official tutorials have you way deep in the weeds with database migrations and stuff before you even have a basic understanding of where you're at and why. Worst "hello world" ever.