[Fixed]-Is Pro Django book still relevant?

It’s not my place to speak about its worth or recommendations, but I wrote the book with Django 1.0 in mind precisely to make sure it stayed relevant as long as possible. The aspects of Django that I documented are still present and functional, and the general aspects of Python are also still valid. They may have grown additional options along the way, but they shouldn’t be removed any time soon or changed in any backward-incompatible way.

That said, I covered some examples of best practices and also some workarounds for things that Django didn’t support at the time. Because of new features added to Django since 1.0 was released, these aren’t necessarily still the best approaches anymore. So feel free to read it for the factual descriptions of how things work, but take the recommendations with a grain of salt and always consult the official documentation for the latest features.

Generally, anything that is Django 1.* remains relevant. The changes from 1.0 to 1.3 aren’t that dramatic, hence the version numbering (point-releases instead of milestones). Anything written pre-1.0 can be burned, though.

The biggest 1.3 change is class-based views. Although old-style method-based views are still supported (and likely will continue to be indefinitely), you should try to use class-based views instead. See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/class-based-views/

Other than that, I’d recommend simply doing a quick lookup in the Django docs as features are discussed in the Pro Django book. You can target the docs to the 1.3 release, and it’ll notify when and where things changed, if they’ve changed.