On 25 July 2015 at 12:43, a.gra...@gmail.com <a.gra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! > > I would like to announce an idea I had in the past weeks (no, I'm not > announcing a ready book, please keep reading :P ): a book about Django > Rest Framework!
Why do this rather than adding more useful content to the documentation? > > Directly from the README: > > The idea of writing a book about Django Rest Framework comes from my > (Andrea Grandi) daily usage of this fantastic library. The framework > itself has a very good documentation but sometimes it can be not > enough, expecially for people that have just started working with it. > > I don't define myself a Django Rest Framework expert despite having > used it for the latest 2 years and very often I need to look at the > documentation. This is why I would like to make this a collaborative > work: I have surely the willing but not all the required experience. > > Surely at the end of this adventure I (and everyone who will > contribute) will have a wider knowledge of the framework, but still > the book will need the help of more people expecially in areas where > an expert of internals is required or even just to review how it has > been written (disclaimer: I'm not a native english speaker, so expect > some errors in the text). > > Who would like to help me in this adventure :) ? > > The url of the project is here: > https://github.com/djangorestbook/djangorestbook > > NOTE: I've no plans to make this a commercial product/book and all the > material will be released with the Creative Common license. When the > book will be ready, if we will be able to find a publisher maybe we > will put a small price on the final book, just to cover the > publishing/printing expenses, but for now publishing (as in paper or > through an official channel) is not something that I'm planning to do. > > p.s: please be kind with your feedback about this idea, because what I > want to do is just to create something that will help many people to > have a better understanding of this fantastic library that is Django > Rest Framework. > > -- > Andrea Grandi - Software Engineer > Website: http://www.andreagrandi.it > Twitter: https://twitter.com/andreagrandi > GitHub: https://github.com/andreagrandi > PGP: 7238 74F6 886D 5994 323F 1781 8CFB 47AD C384 F0CC > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
