[aravenel]

Absolutely. They are very different. The Django Book is a tutorial--very useful, and I do wish that it got more support. I will have to see what I can do with helping to update it for Django 1.5.

But TSoD is a different animal--it's not a "How to learn Django" guide, it's a "How to use Django in the real world" guide. It's not teaching you how to setup models and forms, it's the step beyond that--once you know how to use it, how do you use it well, in production environments? Things that most decent Django programmers know, but that are very hard for those just getting started to figure out except through trial, error, and hours of Googling. There's a big gap in literature here, and not just for Django. I'm happy to see someone addressing it.