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I am looking for interactive online courses about Django similar to ones on Codecademy.com for php, ruby, javascript, etc, or www.codeschool.com for ruby, javascript, etc. I've done the toy tutorial on https://www.djangoproject.com. But it doesn't really help me in terms of real production work.

I've also gone on youtube to look for information, but the video tutorials are very basic. For example, how do I use or incorporate the numerous django packages at https://www.djangopackages.com/ to my working project? I see the docs (when one exist for a specific package), but they don't go into details on how to merge that app into an existing project. Also, another example, is that I want to use django with twitter-bootstrap and found out that most developers use pinax, but I couldn't find a decent guide on using that app.

I'm new to Django and I would love to find some videos or online tutorial on how to use Django in real world situation (specifically, examples mentioned above).

Thanks for your help.

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First off, there are quite a few misconceptions. Most Django developers do not use Pinax (although some certainly do).

Second, most apps I've come across will explain in their docs how to install them. Have a look at using pip for the actual installing. Bootstrap can be used as is, or via apps like django-bootstrap-toolkit

For a good introduction to django check out Getting Started With Django. It'll cover most of what you're talking about.