Reddit mentions of Two Scoops of Django: Best Practices for Django 1.8

I would suggest Django, IMO one of the best web frameworks out there

You will learn about DB design, ORM, models, separation of concerns, MVC etc..

Get the book tow scoops of django : https://www.amazon.com.mx/Two-Scoops-Django-Best-Practices/dp/0981467342/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501773360&sr=8-1&keywords=two+scoops+of+django

Slightly outdated, but you need Two Scoops of Django. It established this and many, many other great practices.

I wonder why nobody mentioned mixins?
Make your models DRY and inherit!

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Two Scoops of Django The book treats the topic nicely.

I can think of a couple good Django books--Two Scoops of Django and Django Design Patterns and Best Practices, however they don't necessarily cover the "basics." I haven't found anything better than the docs for covering the basics. However, they do both cover common problems that come up when developing Django projects, so once you move past the basics I would definitely recommend reading both books.

I would add that if they go with Django, Two Scoops of Django is a really good book for helping to go from a website that works, to one that takes advantage of what Django can do. I would also recommend Test-Driven Development with Python which is a free online ebook that can really help you figure out how to build tests.

You could make another post about which frameworks to start with, You'd probly get some good feedback, ignore the people who tell you to start with node.js though.

for backend Django is a popular python framework, I looked around and this seems to be a highly recommended book, but people say you'll want an introduction (free online book) to Django before you start that book

Then on frontend I would look into JQuery first, and then move on to a either React, Angular 2, or Backbone