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Django in Production

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804610480
Length 348 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Arghya Saha Arghya Saha
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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 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Learning the basics of Docker

Docker is an open source containerization platform that allows developers to build, deploy, and manage containerized applications. Before we get into the concepts of Docker, let us learn a few concepts that will build the foundation:

  • Virtualization – The concept of virtualization has been around since the 1970s. It is the process of running virtual instances of different operating systems/software in a virtual layer that is abstracted from the actual hardware.

    Consider an analogy of 10 bungalows in an area, where each bungalow has its own amenities that cannot be shared with the neighbors. All the owners live in their bungalows and are limited by the area allocated to them. They can do anything in their bungalow but do not have access to their neighbor’s bungalow. Figure 11.1 shows an example of what virtualization means using a virtual machine.

Figure 11.1: Concept of Virtual machine using virtualization

Figure 11.1: Concept of Virtual machine using virtualization...

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