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Django 5 for the Impatient

You're reading from   Django 5 for the Impatient Learn the core concepts of Django to develop Python web applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835461556
Length 228 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Greg Lim Greg Lim
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Installing Python and Django, and Introducing the Movies Store Application FREE CHAPTER 2. Chapter 2: Understanding the Project Structure and Creating Our First App 3. Chapter 3: Designing a Base Template 4. Chapter 4: Creating a Movies App with Dummy Data 5. Chapter 5: Working with Models 6. Chapter 6: Collecting and Displaying Data from the Database 7. Chapter 7: Understanding the Database 8. Chapter 8: Implementing User Signup and Login 9. Chapter 9: Letting Users Create, Read, Update, and Delete Movie Reviews 10. Chapter 10: Implementing a Shopping Cart System 11. Chapter 11: Implementing Order and Item Models 12. Chapter 12: Implementing the Purchase and Orders Pages 13. Chapter 13: Deploying the Application to the Cloud 14. Index 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Introducing web sessions

Do you understand how the login system functions? How does the application recognize my connection status? How does it distinguish between displaying a logout button for a logged-in user and a login button for a friend who is not connected? How long does the application retain my connection status?

In this chapter, we’ll address these questions and explore the significance of web sessions in the development of web applications. We will explore these elements in the following order:

  1. HTTP protocol limitations
  2. Web sessions
  3. Django login scenario
  4. Django sessions

HTTP protocol limitations

Currently, our interaction with the Movies Store website relies on the HTTP protocol. For instance, to access movie information, we utilize http://localhost:8000/movies, and for logging in, we use http://localhost:8000/login. Each request we make utilizes the HTTP protocol as its communication medium.

Nevertheless, the HTTP protocol has...

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