Learn Django 3 with four end-to-end web projects
Key Features
Learn Django 3 by building real-world web applications from scratch in Python, using coding best practices
Integrate other technologies into your application with clear, step-by-step explanations and comprehensive example code
Implement advanced functionalities like a full-text search engine, a user activity stream, or a recommendation engine
Add real-time features with Django Channels and WebSockets
Book Description
If you want to learn the entire process of developing professional web applications with Python and Django, then this book is for you. In the process of building four professional Django projects, you will learn about Django 3 features, how to solve common web development problems, how to implement best practices, and how to successfully deploy your applications.
In this book, you will build a blog application, a social image bookmarking website, an online shop, and an e-learning platform. Step-by-step guidance will teach you how to integrate popular technologies, enhance your applications with AJAX, create RESTful APIs, and set up a production environment for your Django projects.
By the end of this book, you will have mastered Django 3 by building advanced web applications.
What you will learn
Build real-world web applications
Learn Django essentials, including models, views, ORM, templates, URLs, forms, and authentication
Implement advanced features such as custom model fields, custom template tags, cache, middleware, localization, and more
Create complex functionalities, such as AJAX interactions, social authentication, a full-text search engine, a payment system, a CMS, a RESTful API, and more
Integrate other technologies, including Redis, Celery, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, and Channels, into your projects
Deploy Django projects in production using NGINX, uWSGI, and Daphne
Who this book is for
This book is intended for developers with Python knowledge who wish to learn Django in a pragmatic way. Perhaps you are completely new to Django, or you already know a little but you want to get the most out of it. This book will help you to master the most relevant areas of the framework by building practical projects from scratch. You need to have familiarity with programming concepts in order to read this book. Some previous knowledge of HTML and JavaScript is assumed.
Table of Contents
Building a Blog Application
Enhancing Your Blog with Advanced Features
Extending Your Blog Application
Building a Social Website
Sharing Content on Your Website
Tracking User Actions
Building an Online Shop
Managing Payments and Orders
Extending Your Shop
Building an E-Learning Platform
Rendering and Caching Content
Building an API
Building a Chat Server
Going Live
About the Author
Antonio MelΓ© is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Nucoro, a London-based fintech company that provides a leading technology platform to build digital wealth management solutions. Antonio has been developing Django projects since 2006 for clients across several industries. In 2009, he founded Zenx IT, a development company specializing in building digital products. Antonio has worked as a CTO and technology consultant for multiple technology-based start-ups and managed development teams building projects for large digital businesses. Antonio holds an MSc. in computer science from Universidad Pontificia Comillas. His father inspired his passion for computers and programming.
Review
"I give Django 3 By Example - Third Edition a thumbs up, a great resource for Django beginners. From one author to another, Antonio MelΓ© did a very good job with this book."
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Daniel Feldroy, co-author of Two Scoops of Django