# jacobian/djangobook.com

Repository: https://github.com/jacobian/djangobook.com
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/djangobookcom
Homepage: http://www.djangobook.com/
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2016-12-09T18:52:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5091, "days_push": 3554, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1064, forks 354 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:26.596589+00:00)

## What it is
The source for The Django Book, a classic book on the Django web framework originally published by Apress in 2009 covering Django 1.0. It is kept only for historical purposes and is extremely out of date.

## Use cases
- learn django from the classic book
- read historical django 1.0 documentation
- find the original django book source
- study django web framework basics
- take over and update the django book

## When to choose
- you want the original Django Book text for historical reference
- you're interested in maintaining or updating the book

## When to avoid
- you need up-to-date Django documentation or tutorials
- you're learning modern Django (2.0+) for production work

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: documentation
- domain: web-development, tutorials, education
- platform: python
- tags: django, book, historical, web-framework

## Member repositories
- jacobian/djangobook.com (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:26.596589+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:56:04.648388+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jacobian/djangobook.com (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:26.596589+00:00, sha 409f69913f91)
  - homepage: http://www.djangobook.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:58:10.771097+00:00, sha edd0156d24c9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.