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11th December 2007 - Link Blog

"The Definitive Guide to Django" is now shipping from Amazon. The book looks absolutely fantastic (bias disclosure: I contributed the newforms chapter)—huge congratulations to Adrian and Jacob.

Posted 11th December 2007 at 9:12 pm

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