Pro Django

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

• 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

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. Understanding Django
2. Django Is Python
3. Models
4. URLs and Views
5. Forms
6. Templates
7. Handling HTTP
8. Backend Protocols
9. Common Tools
10. Coordinating Applications
11. Enhancing Applications

Django is the leading Python Web application development framework, wholly endorsed by Python language founder. Due to Django, it could be argued that it has contributed greatly to Python’s growth recently.

Pro Django by Marty Alchin is a professional level, advanced tutorial and reference. It the only book of its kind written by a Django expert and power user, and endorsed by Django project.

Marty Alchin is a seasoned web developer, with prior work ranging from static content to highly dynamic web frameworks. Experience in several languages, both server–side and client–side, has led Marty to a willingness to work in any environment. He is primarily interested in server–side work using Python, preferably with the Django web framework.