You're knee deep in learning the Python programming language. The syntax is beginning to make sense. The first few "AHA!" moments are hitting you. Now you are excited for continued direction to accelerate your learning.
This guide explains each piece of a Python web stack. If you want to deploy a web application built with Django, Flask, Pyramid, or another Python-based web framework, you've come to the right place.
There are a few other fantastic Python guides that you may want to read if you're not yet ready to deploy your application.
For general Python learning, read Kenneth Reitz's The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python.
To get an introduction to both Python and Django at the same time, purchase Real Python by Fletcher, Michael, and Jeremy.
To deploy a Python web application to the Heroku platform-as-a-service (described below in this guide), check out Deploying Django by Randall Degges.
If you're not coming in with any software development background, you may also find my post on Learning Python useful.
This guide has a different focus from the above resources. Here I focus on explaining the way a Python web application stack works from server infrastructure to the JavaScript that executes on a user's browser.
People learning Python generally have at least one of the three following goals:
This guide will be most useful to people building web applications and scripting server administration.
