Not to throw a wrench in to this conversation, but it should be noted that Django 1.4 is considered the LTS (long term support) version, and is acceptable for production use if you do not need any of the fancy features in 1.7.
If you are looking at a small project and don't mind upgrading between version releases, or you have need for some new feature in the Django core, 1.7 would be the way to go. If you are looking at a large long standing project, I would consider 1.4 for stability and minimal required security updates. I don't believe that the next LTS version has been announced yet, so I suspect 1.4 will be supported for the next year or so at minimum. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/internals/release-process/#long-term-support-lts-releases The version of Python to use probably should follow similar guidelines (2.7 being well established while 3.X is the new version with enhancements). The version available on your servers by default will probably also help drive this decision unless you are comfortable installing the version you want (although both 2.7 and 3.X are generally both easily made available on moderately recent versions of the major OS'). Availability of needed libraries is also a key factor, but the major ones shouldn't be an issue. -James On Tuesday, September 30, 2014, Andreas Kuhne <andreas.ku...@suitopia.com> wrote: > You should be aware that using python 3 will give you small problems > regarding compability with several plugins for django. Python 3 is becoming > more adopted, but it is not always easy to find plugins that do what you > want in all situations. That being said, we have just rewritten our website > in django 1.6 and python 3.4, just to adopt the latest. It is possible, but > a bit harder. Also I find that I like the python 3 syntax better than > python 2, but that's just me :-) > > Regards, > > Andréas > > 2014-09-30 8:27 GMT+02:00 Lachlan Musicman <data...@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','data...@gmail.com');>>: > >> As to Python, it depends on what is available to you and you feel >> comfortable with. >> >> Either python 2.7.x or 3.3 (or 3.4, which ever is newest) should be fine. >> >> cheers >> L. >> >> On 30 September 2014 16:26, Lachlan Musicman <data...@gmail.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','data...@gmail.com');>> wrote: >> > Muhammad, >> > >> > Yes 1.7 is considered stable and is the best place to start. >> > >> > Cheers >> > L. >> > >> > On 30 September 2014 16:21, Muhammad Ahmed <pleasureinbl...@gmail.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','pleasureinbl...@gmail.com');>> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I am learning Django by using version 1.4 and I have completed first 4 >> >> introductory lessons. >> >> >> >> However, I see that newest Django version is 1.7 and I feel that I am >> using >> >> an outdated version. >> >> >> >> Being a newbie, I would like to ask that should I move to version 1.7 >> and >> >> which Django version is currently being used in "Professional >> Environments". >> >> >> >> Please guide which version (of both Python / Django) should I follow? >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> >> >> Muhammad Ahmed >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> >> "Django users" group. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an >> >> email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');> >> . >> >> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','django-users@googlegroups.com');>. >> >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> >> >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/4cc3724d-d6d9-45f4-85d8-34df7d6ecc34%40googlegroups.com >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You have to be really clever to come up with a genuinely dangerous >> > thought. 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