A beginnerÕs guide that will help you get familiar with Django for web development. Ê KEY FEATURESÊÊ _ Learn to build websites with a strong blend of concepts and practical learning. _ Set up your public website with advanced functionalities from scratch. _ Explore Django architecture, components, navigation panel and templates. Ê DESCRIPTIONÊÊ ÔBuilding Websites with DjangoÕ book teaches readers to develop their high-quality, feature-rich website by learning Django and its various tools. You will learn the best techniques to develop a dynamic website, right from scratch. This book focuses not only on just creating a particular application but rather develops a strong understanding of theoretical concepts with rich examples. You will learn to troubleshoot errors, develop navigation panels and add advanced functionalities like deploying on heroku server. You will read about models, templates, different types of views. You will learn to create apps and learn how to integrate different apps.Ê By the end of this book, You will create a project from scratch and will deploy it as a public website by yourself. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN _ Create a Django project from scratch and deploy them as a public website.Ê _ Work with Django components such as Model, View, and Template. _ Interact with the database using Query Sets. _ Deploy your Django application for free on Heroku. _ Learn how to use DjangoÕs built-in authentication and authorization module effectively. Ê WHO THIS BOOK IS FORÊÊ This book is for early entrepreneurs, beginners, software professionals, bloggers and hobbyists who want to create their online presence on their own without having any prior technical knowledge about web tools. Ê TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction to Django 2. An Overview of the MTV Architecture 3. Understanding Django Settings 4. Django Admin Utility 5. Interacting with the Database using Query Sets 6. Enhancing your Project 7. Understanding Models 8. Django Views 9. Django Templates 10. URL and Regex 11. Forms in Django 12. Setting up a Project 13. The Account app 14. The Genre app 15. The Post app 16. Deploying the Website

Build your first website with Python and Django will teach you step by step, and in easy to understand language, how to design, build and deploy a complete website.Python has a strong reputation for being the easiest programming language to learn and paired with Django, they make a perfect platform for programmers to learn web application development.Beginners and programmers new to Django alike will get something out of this book. Each chapter is written in the same easy to understand style and each line of code is explained so you can gain a full understanding of what is going on in the application.The book concludes with full instructions on how to deploy the website you have created to the Internet.

Learn how to build, test, and deploy real-world web applications using Python and Django.

Using the simple, robust, Python-based Django framework, you can build powerful Web solutions with remarkably few lines of code. In Python Web Development with Django®, three experienced Django and Python developers cover all the techniques, tools, and concepts you need to make the most of Django 1.0, including all the major features of the new release. The authors teach Django through in-depth explanations, plus provide extensive sample code supported with images and line-by-line explanations. You’ll discover how Django leverages Python’s development speed and flexibility to help you solve a wide spectrum of Web development problems and learn Django best practices covered nowhere else. You’ll build your first Django application in just minutes and deepen your real-world skills through start-to-finish application projects including Simple Web log (blog) Online photo gallery Simple content management system Ajax-powered live blogger Online source code sharing/syntax highlighting tool How to run your Django applications on the Google App Engine This complete guide starts by introducing Python, Django, and Web development concepts, then dives into the Django framework, providing a deep understanding of its major components (models, views, templates), and how they come together to form complete Web applications. After a discussion of four independent working Django applications, coverage turns to advanced topics, such as caching, extending the template system, syndication, admin customization, and testing. Valuable reference appendices cover using the command-line, installing and configuring Django, development tools, exploring existing Django applications, the Google App Engine, and how to get more involved with the Django community. Introduction 1 Part I: Getting Started Chapter 1: Practical Python for Django 7 Chapter 2: Django for the Impatient: Building a Blog 57 Chapter 3: Starting Out 77 Part II: Django in Depth Chapter 4: Defining and Using Models 89 Chapter 5: URLs, HTTP Mechanisms, and Views 117 Chapter 6: Templates and Form Processing 135 Part III: Django Applications by Example Chapter 7: Photo Gallery 159 Chapter 8: Content Management System 181 Chapter 9: Liveblog 205 Chapter 10: Pastebin 221 Part IV: Advanced Django Techniques and Features Chapter 11: Advanced Django Programming 235 Chapter 12: Advanced Django Deployment 261 Part V: Appendices Appendix A: Command Line Basics 285 Appendix B: Installing and Running Django 295 Appendix C: Tools for Practical Django Development 313 Appendix D: Finding, Evaluating, and Using Django Applications 321 Appendix E: Django on the Google App Engine 325 Appendix F: Getting Involved in the Django Project 337 Index 339 Colophon 375

Django is a popular Python-based framework for web application development. Like Python, Django is easy for beginners to learn and enables constant progress. This book will help aspiring web developers gain the skills to use Django to develop robust web apps.

Completely updated for Django 4.0! Django for Professionals takes your web development skills to the next level, teaching you how to build production-ready websites with Python and Django. Once you have learned the basics of Django there is a massive gap between building simple "toy apps" and what it takes to build a "production-ready" web application suitable for deployment to thousands or even millions of users. In the book you’ll learn how to: * Build a Bookstore website from scratch * Use Docker and PostgreSQL locally to mimic production settings * Implement advanced user registration with email * Customize permissions to control user access * Write comprehensive tests * Adopt advanced security and performance improvements * Add search and file/image uploads * Deploy with confidence If you want to take advantage of all that Django has to offer, Django for Professionals is a comprehensive best practices guide to building and deploying modern websites.

Build a Django content management system, blog, and social networking site with James Bennett as he introduces version 1.1 of the popular Django framework. You'll work through the development of each project, implementing and running the applications while learning new features along the way. Web frameworks are playing a major role in the creation of today's most compelling web applications, because they automate many of the tedious tasks, allowing developers to instead focus on providing users with creative and powerful features. Python developers have been particularly fortunate in this area, having been able to take advantage of Django, a very popular open-source web framework whose stated goal is to "make it easier to build better web applications more quickly with less code." Practical Django Projects introduces this popular framework by way of a series of real–world projects. Readers follow along with the development of each project, implementing and running each application while learning new features along the way. This edition is updated for Django 1.1 and includes an all-new chapter covering practical development tools and techniques you'll be able to apply to your own development workflow.