How a Ruby on Rails developer should start learning Python Django

Question

I want to learn Django for web development. And for Django I need to know Python. I have never coded in Python but after reading discussions and articles on the web I think it wont be a difficult task.

I have been coding in Ruby and using Ruby on Rails from more than past two years. So I can say that I have fairly good knowledge of web development with an MVC framework. How should I go about learning Python and Django? Although it might be very useful but I do not wish to learn any other aspect of Python other than Django.

I am looking for pointers to some tutorials, books, blogs or any other material that can get me started rapidly. It would be very useful if someone could tell me the order in which I should start going through these materials. Should I read a book first or create a sample application or follow some tutorial?

Thanks!

Answer 1

The official tutorials for Python and Django are both good. There are so many freely available books on Python. Django Book (free) by it's creators is great if you are not satisfied with the tutorial.