Django: Getting Started Transcripts
Chapter: 3rd Party Libraries for Django
Lecture: Installing third party libraries
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Most third party libraries are encapsulated versions of a Django app, no different than an app you've written for yourself.
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As such they're typically installed through pip install and then by adding the apps name to the installed apps configuration in settings.py.
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Like I said, just like the apps you've been writing. If you want to see if the thing you need has been written by someone else already.
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Two good places to look for Django specific packages are awesomedjango.org and djangopackages.org.
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Django packages even has a nice little comparison grid for different packages that are solving the same problem.
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This can be helpful when you're picking from several choices.