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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Technical requirements

In this chapter, we shall work with AWS, primarily with Beanstalk, Relational Database Service (RDS), and ElastiCache, so we expect you to have some background in AWS. AWS provides free credits for 1 year that would be sufficient to follow all the steps mentioned in this chapter. You should also have access to a credit card so that you can create an account in AWS as you will need to enter your credit card details.

Please note that the examples used in this chapter fall within the free tier, so you will not be charged if you follow the instructions mentioned in this book.

If you are not familiar with AWS, it is recommended that you read the book AWS for System Administrators, by Prashant Lakhera, Packt Publishing, before proceeding with this chapter since we expect you to have some experience with cloud services.

There is another book called AWS Certified Developer – Associate Guide, by Vipul Tankariya and Bhavin Parman, Packt Publishing, that...