Django 5 By Example - Fifth Edition - Build powerful and reliable Python web applications from scratch

Build four real-world Django apps and learn Django by doing. Create fully functional web applications with authentication, content management systems, payment processing, REST APIs, and more!
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.Key FeaturesUpdated with Django 5 features, detailed app planning, improved tooling, and GPT prompts for extending projects
Learn Django essentials, including models, ORM, views, templates, URLs, forms, authentication, signals, and middleware
Integrate JavaScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery, Docker, and Memcached into your applications

Book Description
If you want to learn Django by doing, this book is for you.
Django 5 By Example is the fifth edition of the best-selling franchise that helps you build real-world web apps. This book will walk you through planning and creation, solving common problems, and implementing best practices using a step-by-step approach.
You'll cover a wide range of web application development topics through four different projects: a blog application, a social website, an e-commerce application, and an e-learning platform. Pick up what's new in Django 5 as you build end-to-end Python web apps, follow detailed project plans, and understand the hows and whys of Django.
This is a practical and approachable book that will have you creating web apps quickly.What you will learnUse different modules of the Django framework to solve specific problems
Integrate third-party Django applications into your project
Build complex web applications using Redis, Postgres, Celery/RabbitMQ, and Memcached
Set up a production environment for your projects with Docker Compose
Build a RESTful API with Django Rest Framework (DRF)
Implement advanced functionalities, such as full-text search engines, user activity streams, payment gateways, and recommendation engines
Build real-time asynchronous (ASGI) apps with Django Channels and WebSockets

Who this book is for
This book is for readers with basic Python programming knowledge and programmers transitioning from other web frameworks who wish to learn Django by doing. If you already use Django, or have in the past, and want to learn best practices and integrate other technologies to scale your applications, then this book is for you too. This book will help you master the most relevant areas of the framework by building practical projects from scratch.
Some previous knowledge of HTML and JavaScript is assumed.Table of ContentsBuilding a Blog Application
Enhancing Your Blog and Adding Social Features
Extending Your Blog Application
Building a Social Website
Implementing Social Authentication
Sharing Content on Your Website
Tracking User Actions
Building an Online Shop
Managing Payments and Orders
Extending Your Shop
Adding Internationalization to Your Shop
Building an E-Learning Platform
Creating a Content Management System
Rendering and Caching Content
Building an API
Building a Chat Server
Going Live

Info autore

Antonio Melé has been crafting Django projects since 2006, for clients spanning multiple industries. He is Engineering Director at Backbase, a leading global fintech firm dedicated to facilitating the digital transformation of financial institutions. He co-founded Nucoro, a digital wealth management platform. In 2009 Antonio founded Zenx IT, a company specialized in developing digital products. He has been working as CTO and consultant for several tech-centric startups. He has also managed development teams building projects for large enterprise clients. He has an MSc in Computer Science from Universidad Pontificia Comillas and completed the Advanced Management Program at MIT Sloan. His father inspired his passion for computers and coding.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Antonio Melé
• Editore: Packt Publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2024
• EAN: 9781805125457
• ISBN: 978-1-80512-545-7
• Pagine: 820
• Dimensioni: 191 mm x 235 mm x 44 mm
• Peso: 1500 g
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Informatica, EDP > Linguaggi di programmazione