Expert Python Programming - Third Edition

Tutorial

A tutorial differs from a recipe in its purpose. It is not intended to resolve an isolated problem, but rather describes how to use a feature of the application, step by step. This can be longer than a recipe and can concern many parts of the application. For example, Django provides a list of tutorials on its website. Writing your first Django App, part 1 (refer to https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/intro/tutorial01/) explains in a few screens how to build an application with Django.

A structure for such a document will be as follows:

• Title (short sentence)
• Author
• Tags (words)
• Description (abstract)
• Who should read this?
• Prerequisites (other documents to read, for example)
• Tutorial (the main text)
• References (links to other ...