You're reading from Django in Production Expert tips, strategies, and essential frameworks for writing scalable and maintainable code in Django

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804610480

Length 348 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Django

Concepts

Server Side Web Development

Author (1):

Arghya Saha

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 – Using Django and DRF to Build Modern Web Application

2. Chapter 1: Setting Up Django with DRF FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Exploring Django ORM, Models, and Migrations

4. Chapter 3: Serializing Data with DRF

5. Chapter 4: Exploring Django Admin and Management Commands

6. Chapter 5: Mastering Django Authentication and Authorization

7. Part 2 – Using the Advanced Concepts of Django

8. Chapter 6: Caching, Logging, and Throttling

9. Chapter 7: Using Pagination, Django Signals, and Custom Middleware

10. Chapter 8: Using Celery with Django

11. Chapter 9: Writing Tests in Django

12. Chapter 10: Exploring Conventions in Django

13. Part 3 – Dockerizing and Setting Up a CI Pipeline for Django Application

14. Chapter 11: Dockerizing Django Applications

15. Chapter 12: Working with Git and CI Pipelines Using Django

16. Part 4 – Deploying and Monitoring Django Applications in Production

17. Chapter 13: Deploying Django in AWS

18. Chapter 14: Monitoring Django Application

19. Index

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Summary

In this chapter, we have learned how to work with different tools to monitor and improve our application. APM tools such as New Relic help in application performance monitoring, which is critical for any application. We learned how to integrate New Relic into our Django application. Getting 5xx errors in production is every developer’s nightmare, and error monitoring tools such as Rollbar and Sentry help in capturing and tracking bugs so that developers can fix them easily. We have also learned in this chapter how to integrate uptime monitoring tools that continuously monitor our application and inform us immediately if there is downtime.

It is important to know that in today’s application development process, writing code is the first part, and using the right tools for maintenance and communication is crucial. With so many third-party tools, it can be overwhelming for developers and other engineering leaders to track every tool, hence unifying all the communication...