Django, the Python–based equivalent to the Ruby on Rails web development framework, is hottest topics in web development. In The Definitive Guide to Django: Web Development Done Right, Adrian Holovaty, one of Django's creators, and Django lead developer Jacob Kaplan–Moss show you how they use this framework to create award–winning web sites. Over the course of three parts, they guide you through the creation of a web application reminiscent of chicagocrime.org.
The first part of the book introduces Django fundamentals like installation and configuration. You'll learn about creating the components that power a Django-driven web site. The second part delves into the more sophisticated features of Django, like outputting non–HTML content (such as RSS feeds and PDFs), plus caching and user management. The third part serves as a detailed reference to Django's many configuration options and commands. The book even includes seven appendices for looking up configurations options and commands. In all, this book provides the ultimate tutorial and reference to the popular Django framework.
Django, the Python-based equivalent to Ruby’s Rails Web development framework, is one of the hottest topics in Web development today. Its creator (and co-author of this book) Adrian Holovaty has built a compelling array of Web applications using Django, including most notably http://chicagocrime.org. Holovaty and Django lead developer Jacob Kaplan-Moss have created this book as the definitive guide to the technology.
Django: Web Development Done Right is divided into three parts, with the first introducing Django fundamentals such as installation and configuration, and creating the components that ultimately work together to power a Django-driven website. Part II delves into the more sophisticated features of Django, such as outputting non-HTML content such as RSS feeds and PDFs, caching, and user management. Part III is a detailed reference to Django’s many configuration options and commands. This book serves as both the ultimate tutorial and the go-to reference on this popular framework.
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