Why use __unicode__(self) method for django 1.7+? [closed]

Question

I'm brand new with django and sql. A tutorial I'm going through puts def __unicode__(self) on every models class? here's the reference to the documentation But even after reading I still do not understand whats the purpose?

class Project(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=300)

    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.name

class Task(models.Model):
    description = models.CharField(max_length=300)
    project = models.ForeignKey(Project)

    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.description

Answer 1

The idea is when you print {{Project}} you get essentially just get a bunch of garbage that isn't really informative.

def __Unicode__(self):

This defines what you print so {{Project}} would display the description of the object. Which is much more useful, TO YOU.