I've made a short screencast to demonstrate Django, a Python framework for rapid web development which we've been evaluating at Torchbox. It's not intended as a tutorial - aspects of Django's API are likely to change before its forthcoming 1.0 release, and the project website already provides excellent documentation - but as an introduction to some of the basic functionality. Areas covered include:

• Setting up a project
• Designing the model
• Installing the administration interface
• Customising administration screens
• URL dispatching
• Generic views
• Django templates

The screencast is encoded with the extraordinary H.264 codec; you'll need QuickTime 7 or VLC to watch it. There's a rather breathy soundtrack, but it should make sense without it. If you're having problems viewing the screencast or you're interested in an alternative format, let me know.

Django in Seven Minutes (H.264/AAC, 7.4 MB)

Update: here's a Flash-encoded version, which is lower quality and nearly double the file size (13.5 MB).

Update: this screencast is now significantly out of date. Please don't use it as a reference for how to get started with Django.