Django 4 for the Impatient: Learn the core concepts of Python web development with Django in one weekend - Couverture souple

Lim, Greg; Correa, Daniel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1803245832 ISBN 13 : 9781803245836

Editeur : Packt Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

A quick-start guide to exploring and using Python and Django to develop web applications in minutes

Key Features

• Develop web applications with Python and Django quickly
• Understand Django features with short explanations and learn how to use them right away
• Create a movie reviews app with a responsive user interface and deploy it to the cloud

Book Description

Learning Django can be a tricky and time-consuming activity. There are hundreds of tutorials, loads of documentation, and many explanations that are hard to digest. However, this book enables you to use and learn Django in just a couple of days.

In this book, you’ll go on a fun, hands-on, and pragmatic journey to learn Django full stack development. You'll start building your first Django app within minutes. You'll be provided with short explanations and a practical approach that cover some of the most important Django features, such as Django Apps’ structure, URLs, views, templates, models, CSS inclusion, image storage, authentication and authorization, Django admin panel, and many more. You'll also use Django to develop a movies review app and deploy it to the internet.

By the end of this book, you'll be able to build and deploy your own Django web applications.

What you will learn

• Understand and implement Django Apps’ basic structure, including URLs, views, templates, and models
• Add bootstrap to improve the aesthetics of the site
• Create your own custom pages and have different URLs to route to them
• Navigate between pages by adding a header bar to all pages
• Work with databases and models
• Explore the powerful built-in admin interface with Django
• Use Django’s powerful, built-in authentication system
• Deploy your Django project on the internet for the world to use

Who this book is for

This book is for Python developers at any level of experience with Python programming who want to build full-stack Python web applications using Django. The book is for absolute Django beginners.

Table of Contents

1. Installing Python and Django
2. Understanding the Project Structure and Creating Our First App
3. Managing Django URLs
4. Generating HTML Pages with Templates
5. Working with Models
6. Displaying Objects from Admin
7. Understanding the Database
8. Extending Base Templates
9. Creating a Movie Detail Page
10. Implementing User Signup and Login
11. Letting Users Create, Read, Update, and Delete Movie Reviews
12. Deploying the Application to the Cloud

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Greg Lim is a technologist and the author of several books on programming. He has taught programming in tertiary institutions for many years and places a strong emphasis on learning by doing. Follow Greg on Twitter at greglim81.

Daniel Correa is a researcher, software developer, and author of programming books. He has a PhD in computer science. He is a professor at Universidad EAFIT in Colombia. He is interested in software architectures, frameworks (such as Laravel, Nest, Django, Express, Vue, React, and Angular), web development, and clean code. Follow Daniel on Twitter at danielgarax.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Packt Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1803245832
• ISBN 13: 9781803245836
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 190
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible