Exploring Django for the first time, the author created the PyPlanet Article Sharer Django App, designed to facilitate sharing articles from the Planet Python feed and streamline Twitter activity and News Digests. This app, part of a 100-day Django challenge, marks articles as Shared or Skipped and includes features like tweet generation and a custom django-admin command for importing feeds. While still in development, future enhancements include deployment to platforms like Heroku, daily cronjob execution, user authentication, and potential Twitter API integration. The author reflects on the learning journey, highlighting the challenges of grasping Django's components, such as DB, ORM, migrations, and templates, and emphasizes the importance of practical application alongside studying Django's comprehensive documentation. Drawing parallels to transitioning from Flask, the author expresses satisfaction with understanding Django's workflow and plans to expand on this foundation by developing more complex applications. The post also mentions resources like "Django Unleashed" and "Two Scoops of Django" for deeper learning and invites feedback through comments or social media.