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’ll work with the Django model and database. To work with the code in this chapter, you will need to have Django installed on your system with the project structure discussed in the previous chapter. You should be comfortable in creating Django apps and connecting Views to the URLs, as we have learned previously.

Apart from these, you should have the following in your skillset:

You should understand the basics of RDBMSs and how databases work at a high level. You should also be familiar with the concepts of normalization and denormalization of databases.
You should understand the basics of Django ORM and have worked with Django models before (you may have followed and understood the Django Girls tutorial mentioned in the previous chapter).
You should understand the concepts surrounding SQL and have PostgreSQL installed on your system or have a stable internet connection to use a remote PostgreSQL server (https://www...