Additional resources
The following resources provide additional information related to the topics covered in this chapter:
- Source code for this chapter – https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Django-5-by-example/tree/main/Chapter04
- Built-in authentication views – https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/topics/auth/default/#all-authentication-views
- Authentication URL patterns – https://github.com/django/django/blob/stable/3.0.x/django/contrib/auth/urls.py
- How Django manages passwords and available password hashers – https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/topics/auth/passwords/
- Generic user model and the
get_user_model()
method – https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/topics/auth/customizing/#django.contrib.auth.get_user_model - Using a custom user model – https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/topics/auth/customizing/#substituting-a-custom-user-model