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Web Development with Django

You're reading from Web Development with Django

Product type Book

Published in Feb 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839212505

Pages 826 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Authors (5):

Ben Shaw

Saurabh Badhwar

Andrew Bird

Bharath Chandra K S

Chris Guest

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to Django

2. Models and Migrations

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

Introduction

In the previous chapter, we learned about templates and class-based views. These concepts greatly help expand the range of functionalities we can provide to the user on the frontend (that is, in their web browser). However, that is not sufficient to build a modern web application. Web apps typically have the frontend built with an entirely separate library, such as ReactJS or AngularJS. These libraries provide powerful tools for building dynamic user interfaces; however, they do not communicate directly with our backend Django code or database. The frontend code simply runs in the web browser and does not have direct access to any data on our backend server. Therefore, we need to create a way for these applications to "talk" to our backend code. One of the best ways to do this in Django is by using REST APIs.

API stands for Application Programming Interface. APIs are used to facilitate interaction between different pieces of software, and they communicate...

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Authors (5)

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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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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Andrew 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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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 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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