Summary

In this chapter, you learned how to use class-based views and mixins to create a CMS. You acquired knowledge about reusability and modularity that you can apply to your future applications. You also worked with groups and permissions to restrict access to your views, gaining insights into security and how to control actions on data. You learned how to use formsets and model formsets to manage course modules and their content in a flexible manner. You also built a drag-and-drop functionality with JavaScript to reorder course modules and their contents with an improved user interface.

In the next chapter, you will create a student registration system and manage student enrollment in courses. You will also learn how to render different types of content and improve the performance of your application by caching content using Django’s cache framework.