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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

13. Generating CSV, PDF, and Other Binary Files

Overview

This chapter teaches you how to generate files in different data formats, such as CSV, PDF, and other binary file formats (for example, Excel-compatible files) using some of the common libraries that are available inside Python. This knowledge will help you build web projects that let your users export and download records from your site into familiar CSV or Excel-based formats. You will also learn how to generate graph plots inside Python and render them as HTML and display them inside your web applications. Moreover, you will be able to build features that let users export your data in PDF format.

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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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