Pro Django

Pro Django

by Marty Alchin
Released December 2008
Publisher(s): Apress
ISBN: 9781430210474

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Book description

Django is the leading Python web application development framework. Learn how to leverage the Django web framework to its full potential in this advanced tutorial and reference. Endorsed by Django, Pro Django more or less picks up where The Definitive Guide to Django left off and examines in greater detail the unusual and complex problems that Python web application developers can face and how to solve them.

  • Provides in–depth information about advanced tools and techniques available in every Django installation

  • Runs the gamut from the theory of Django's internal operations to actual code that solves real–world problems for high–volume environments

  • Goes above and beyond other books, leaving the basics behind

  • Shows how Django can do things even its core developers never dreamed possible

What you'll learn

  • See how to use Django's models, views, forms, and templates

  • Handle HTTP and customizing back ends

  • Use Django's common tooling

  • Employ Django in various environments

  • Build a business software suite for use in the corporate world

  • Make this code reusable—even distributable

Who this book is for

This book is for companies looking for a framework capable of supporting enterprise needs, as well as advanced Python or web developers looking to solve unusual, complex problems.

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents at a Glance
  3. Contents
  4. About the Author
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
    1. What This Book Is Not
    2. Who This Book Is For
    3. Interpreting Code Samples
    4. Prerequisites
  8. CHAPTER 1: Understanding Django
    1. Philosophy
    2. Community
    3. Now What?
  9. CHAPTER 2: Django Is Python
    1. How Python Builds Classes
    2. Common Duck-Typing Protocols
    3. Augmenting Functions
    4. Descriptors
    5. Introspection
    6. Applied Techniques
    7. Now What?
  10. CHAPTER 3: Models
    1. How Django Processes Model Classes
    2. Getting Information About Models
    3. Using Model Fields
    4. Subclassing Fields
    5. Dealing with Files
    6. Signals
    7. Applied Techniques
    8. Now What?
  11. CHAPTER 4: URLs and Views
    1. URLs
    2. Views
    3. Applied Techniques
    4. Now What?
  12. CHAPTER 5: Forms
    1. Declaring and Identifying Fields
    2. Binding to User Input
    3. Custom Fields
    4. Defining HTML Behavior
    5. Applied Techniques
    6. Now What?
  13. CHAPTER 6: Templates
    1. What Makes a Template
    2. Context
    3. Retrieving Templates
    4. Adding Features for Templates
    5. Applied Techniques
    6. Now What?
  14. CHAPTER 7: Handling HTTP
    1. Requests and Responses
    2. Writing HTTP Middleware
    3. HTTP-Related Signals
    4. Applied Techniques
    5. Now What?
  15. CHAPTER 8: Backend Protocols
    1. Database Access
    2. Authentication
    3. Files
    4. Session Management
    5. Caching
    6. Template Loading
    7. Context Processors
    8. Applied Techniques
    9. Now What?
  16. CHAPTER 9: Common Tools
    1. Core Exceptions
    2. Text Modification
    3. Data Structures
    4. Functional Utilities
    5. Signals
    6. Now What?
  17. CHAPTER 10: Coordinating Applications
    1. Contacts
    2. Real Estate Properties
    3. Now What?
  18. CHAPTER 11: Enhancing Applications
    1. Recording the Current User
    2. Keeping Historical Records
    3. Now What?
  19. APPENDIX: Contributing to Django
    1. Reporting a Ticket
    2. Supplying a Patch
    3. Writing Tests
    4. Writing Documentation
    5. Development Sprints
    6. Publishing Code
    7. Releasing an Application
  20. Index

Product information

  • Title: Pro Django
  • Author(s): Marty Alchin
  • Release date: December 2008
  • Publisher(s): Apress
  • ISBN: 9781430210474