Django 3 Web Development Cookbook: Actionable solutions to common problems in Python web development, 4th Edition: Fourth Edition - Softcover

Bendoraitis, Aidas; Kronika, Jake

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1838987428 ISBN 13: 9781838987428

Verlag: Packt Publishing, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

Practical recipes for building fast, robust, and secure web apps using Django 3 and Python

Key Features

• Explore the latest version of Django, and learn effectively with the help of practical examples
• Follow a task-based approach to develop professional web apps using Django and Python
• Discover recipes to enhance the security and performance of your apps

Book Description

Django is a web framework for perfectionists with deadlines, designed to help you build manageable medium and large web projects in a short time span. This fourth edition of the Django Web Development Cookbook is updated with Django 3's latest features to guide you effectively through the development process.

This Django book starts by helping you create a virtual environment and project structure for building Python web apps. You'll learn how to build models, views, forms, and templates for your web apps and then integrate JavaScript in your Django apps to add more features. As you advance, you'll create responsive multilingual websites, ready to be shared on social networks. The book will take you through uploading and processing images, rendering data in HTML5, PDF, and Excel, using and creating APIs, and navigating different data types in Django. You'll become well-versed in security best practices and caching techniques to enhance your website's security and speed. This edition not only helps you work with the PostgreSQL database but also the MySQL database. You'll also discover advanced recipes for using Django with Docker and Ansible in development, staging, and production environments.

By the end of this book, you will have become proficient in using Django's powerful features and will be equipped to create robust websites.

What you will learn

• Discover how to set the basic configurations to start any Django project
• Understand full-stack web application development using Django
• Build a database structure using reusable model mixins
• Implement security, performance, and deployment features in your web apps
• Import data from local sources and external web services and export it to your app
• Secure web applications against malicious usage and find and fix common performance bottlenecks

Who this book is for

This Django book is for Python web developers who want to build fast and secure web apps that can scale over time. You'll also find this book useful if you are looking to upgrade to the latest Django 3 framework. Prior experience of working with the Django framework is required.

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started with Django 3.0
2. Models and Database Structure
3. Forms and Views
4. Templates and JavaScript
5. Custom Template Filters and Tags
6. Model Administration
7. Security and Performance
8. Hierarchical Structures
9. Importing and Exporting Data
10. Bells and Whistles
11. Testing
12. Deployment
13. Maintenance

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Aidas Bendoraitis has been professionally working with web technologies for over a decade. Over the last 10 years at a Berlin-based company, studio 38 pure communication GmbH, together with a creative team, he has developed a number of small and large-scale Django projects, mostly in the cultural area. At the moment he is also working as software architect at a London-based mobile startup, Hype. Aidas regularly attends the meetups of the Django User Group in Berlin, occasionally visits Django and Python conferences, and writes a blog about Django.

Jake Kronika, a senior software engineer with nearly 25 years' experience, has been working with Python since 2005, and Django since 2007. Evolving alongside the web development space, his skillset encompasses HTML5, CSS3, and ECMAScript 6 on the frontend, plus Python, Django, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, and much more besides on the server side. Currently a senior software engineer and development team lead, he collaborates with skilled designers, business stakeholders, and developers around the world to architect robust web applications. In his spare time, he also provides full-spectrum web services as sole proprietor of Gridline Design and Development. Prior to this book, he has acted as a technical reviewer for several other Packt titles.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Packt Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1838987428
• ISBN 13: 9781838987428
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 608
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar