You're reading from Django in Production

Product type Book

Published in Apr 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804610480

Pages 348 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Concepts

Server Side Web Development

Author (1):

Arghya Saha

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

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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