Getting started with Django : develop simple web applications with the powerful Django framework

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This book features a step-by-step approach that shows you how to program, create, and improve the quality of web applications using Django, with the help of Python. This is an ideal book for developers who want to improve the quality and maintenance of their web application, and who already have knowledge of Python and web development. Abstract: This book features a step-by-step approach that shows you how to program, create, and improve the quality of web applications using Django, with the help of Python. This is an ideal book for developers who want to improve the quality and maintenance of their web application, and who already have knowledge of Python and web development Content: Cover Copyright Credits About the Author About the Reviewers www.PacktPub.com Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Django's Position on the Web From Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 Web 1.0 Web 2.0 What is Django? Django -- a web framework The MVC framework Why use Django? Summary Chapter 2: Creating a Django Project Installing Python 3 Installing Python 3 for Windows Installing Python 3 for Linux Installing Python 3 for Mac OS Installing setuptools Installing setuptools for Windows Installing setuptools for Linux Installing setuptools for Mac OS Installing PIP. Installing PIP for WindowsInstalling PIP for Linux Installing PIP for Mac OS Installing Django Installing Django for Windows Installing Django for Linux Installing Django for Mac OS Starting your project with Django Creating an application Configuring the application Summary Chapter 3: Hello World! with Django Routing in Django Regular expressions The uninterpreted characters The beginning and the end of the line The any character regular expression The character classes Validating the number of characters Creating our first URL Creating our first view. Testing our applicationSummary Chapter 4: Working with Templates Displaying Hello world! in a template Injecting the data from the view to the template Creating dynamic templates Integrating variables in templates Conditional statements Looping in a template Using filters The upper and lower filters The lower filter The upper filter The capfirst filter The pluralize filter The escape and safe to avoid XSS filters The linebreaks filter The truncatechars filter Creating DRY URLs Extending the templates Using static files in templates Summary Chapter 5: Working with Models. Databases and DjangoMigrations with South Installing South Using the South extension Creating simple models The UserProfile model The Project model The relationship between the models Creating the task model with relationships Extending models The admin module Installing the module Using the module Advanced usage of models Using two relationships for the same model Defining the str method Summary Chapter 6: Getting a Model's Data with Querysets The persisting model's data on the database Filling a model and saving it in the database Getting data from the database. Getting multiple recordsGetting only one record Getting a model instance from the queryset instance Using the get parameter Saving the foreign key Updating records in the database Updating a model instance Updating multiple records Deleting a record Getting linked records Advanced usage of the queryset Using an OR operator in a queryset Using the lower and greater than lookups Performing an exclude query Making a raw SQL query Summary Chapter 7: Working with Django Forms Adding a developer without using Django forms Template of an HTML form.