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Web Development with Django

You're reading from Web Development with Django Learn to build modern web applications with a Python-based framework

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839212505

Length 826 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Django

Concepts

Web Programming

Authors (5):

Saurabh Badhwar

Bharath Chandra K S

Andrew Bird

Ben Shaw

Chris Guest

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to Django

2. Models and Migrations FREE CHAPTER

3. URL Mapping, Views, and Templates

4. Introduction to Django Admin

5. Serving Static Files

6. Forms

7. Advanced Form Validation and Model Forms

8. Media Serving and File Uploads

9. Sessions and Authentication

10. Advanced Django Admin and Customizations

11. Advanced Templating and Class-Based Views

12. Building a REST API

13. Generating CSV, PDF, and Other Binary Files

14. Testing

15. Django Third-Party Libraries

16. Using a Frontend JavaScript Library with Django

REST APIs

REST stands for Representational State Transfer. Most modern web APIs can be classified as REST APIs. REST APIs are simply a type of API that focuses on communicating and synchronizing the state of objects between the database server and frontend client.

For example, imagine that you are updating your details on a website for which you are signed into your account. When you go to the account details page, the web server tells your browser about the various details attached to your account. When you change the values on that page, the browser sends back the updated details to the web server and tells it to update these details on the database. If the action is successful, the website will show you a confirmation message.

This is a very simple example of what is known as decoupled architecture between frontend and backend systems. Decoupling allows greater flexibility and makes it easier to update or change components in your architecture. So, let's say you want...

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Authors (5)

Ben Shaw

Ben Shaw

Ben Shaw is a software engineer based in Auckland, New Zealand. He has worked as a developer for over 14 years and has been building websites with Django since 2007. In that time, his experience has helped many different types of companies, ranging in size from start-ups to large enterprises. He is also interested in machine learning, data science, automating deployments, and DevOps. When not programming, Ben enjoys outdoor sports and spending time with his partner and son.

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Bharath Chandra K S

Bharath Chandra K S

Bharath Chandra K S lives in Sydney, Australia, and has over 14 years of software industry experience. He is very passionate about software development on the Python stack, including frameworks such as Flask and Django. He has experience working with both monolithic and microservice architectures and has built various public-facing applications and data processing backend systems. When not cooking up software applications, he likes to cook some nice food.

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Chris Guest

Chris Guest

Chris Guest is based in Melbourne and started programming in Python 24 years ago, when it was an obscure academic language. He has since used his Python knowledge in the publishing, hospitality, medical, academic and financial sectors. Throughout his career, he has worked with many Python web development frameworks, including Zope, TurboGears, web2py, and Flask, although he still prefers Django.

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Saurabh Badhwar

Saurabh Badhwar

Saurabh Badhwar is an infrastructure engineer who works on building tools and frameworks that enhance developer productivity. A major part of his work involves using Python to develop services that scale to thousands of concurrent users. He is currently employed at LinkedIn and works on infrastructure performance tools and services.

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Bird

Bird

Andrew Bird is the data and analytics manager of Vesparum Capital. He leads the software and data science teams at Vesparum, overseeing full-stack web development in Django/React. He is an Australian actuary (FIAA, CERA) who has previously worked with Deloitte Consulting in financial services. Andrew also currently works as a full-stack developer for Draftable Pvt. Ltd. He manages the ongoing development of the donation portal for the Effective Altruism Australia website on a voluntary basis. Andrew has also co-written one of our bestselling titles, "The Python Workshop".

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