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Sams Teach Yourself Django in 24 Hours
- By Brad Dayley
- Published Feb 22, 2008 by Sams. Part of the Sams Teach Yourself series.
- Copyright 2008
- Dimensions: 7x9-1/8
- Pages: 528
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-672-32959-X
- ISBN-13: 978-0-672-32959-3
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Product Author Bios
Brad Dayley is a senior software engineer in Novell’s Product Development Group. He has 16 years of experience in designing, developing, and implementing software from the kernel level through web development. He is the author of several books on server and network management as well as programming languages. When he is not developing software or writing books, he can be found biking, hiking, and/or Jeeping somewhere in the remote regions of the western United States with his wife, DaNae, and four sons.
In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you will be able to build full-featured production websites using Django, the powerful web development framework based on Python.
Designed for experienced website developers who have at least some familiarity with the Python programming language, this book uses a straightforward, step-by-step approach. Each lesson builds on the previous ones, enabling you to learn the essentials of implementing the Django framework on a website from the ground up.
Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common Django tasks.
Q&As, quizzes, and exercises at the end of each lesson help you test your knowledge.
Notes and tips point out shortcuts and solutions.
Learn how to…
- Install and configure the Django web development framework
- Cleanly separate data, logic, and view layers
- Implement site interfaces with build templates and views
- Utilize templates and views to store, access, and retrieve data
- Use the Django forms library
- Define custom tags and filters to minimize coding
- Secure sites with registration, authorization, logins, and permissions
- Manage sessions and cookies
- Implement middleware for request and response handling
- Create sitemaps to inform search engines of your content
- Internationalize your site
- Optimize performance with caching
- Deploy Django in multiple configurations
- Maintain sites with Django’s administrator interface
Introduction 1
Part I: Creating the Website Framework
Hour 1: Understanding Django 7
Hour 2: Creating Your First Website 19
Hour 3: Adding Models and Objects to Your Website 37
Hour 4: Creating the Initial Views 63
Part II: Implementing the Website Interface
Hour 5: Using Data from the Database in Views 81
Hour 6: Configuring Web Page Views 103
Hour 7: Implementing Django Templates to Create Custom Views 117
Hour 8: Using Built-in Template Tags to Enhance Views 139
Hour 9: Using Built-in Template Filters to Enhance Views 155
Hour 10: Adding Forms to Views 185
Hour 11: Using Views to Add and Update Data in the Database 209
Hour 12: Utilizing Generic Views 231
Hour 13: Advanced View Configurations 269
Part III: Implementing a Full-Featured Website
Hour 14: Managing Site Users 295
Hour 15: Adding Website Security 313
Hour 16: Managing Sessions and Cookies 333
Hour 17: Customizing Models in the Admin Interface 347
Hour 18: Customizing the Admin Interface 365
Part IV: Implementing Advanced Website Components
Hour 19: Implementing Middleware 383
Hour 20: Internationalization and Localization 407
Hour 21: Creating Sitemaps 423
Hour 22: Implementing Multiple Websites 437
Hour 23: Configuring Caching 451
Hour 24: Deploying Django 465
Appendixes
Appendix A: Django Resources 477
Appendix B: Django Form Field Objects 481
Appendix C: Formatting Dates and Times 491
Index 493
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Django in 24 Hours (Paperback)
I have this book and have read most of it, and I think the 1 star reviews here are overly critical and not really deserved.Yes, the book has some mistakes in it, but most computer books do. I think this book gives you enough instruction that if a code snippet does have an error in it, you can easily identify what it is and fix it yourself. Also, most code snippets are listed more than once, and if I remember correctly, errors present in one code snippet were not present in the others. I originally learned Django from the Django project's website, but it lacks in a lot of areas. Some features of the framework are covered really well, and others aren't. When The Django Book came out, I bought it, read it, and gave it a really good review, but the truth is that is suffers from the same lack of consistent focus that the Django website does; some things are covered well and others are lightly touched upon. I think that is where this book... Read more
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Good if you can handle the sample code errors, By
This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Django in 24 Hours (Paperback)
First off, there are a number of code errors in this book. Look at some other reviews of Sam's 24 Hours or 24 Days books and you will find that this is common. Apparently one of the reasons that these books are so inexpensive is that the publisher doesn't spend money on technical reviews. I knew that when I got this book so was not disappointed. I have just enough coding experience that I am able to catch obvious mistakes and not get bogged down by the sample code. I can see why someone who is less experienced might find the book unacceptable. To be fair, the book description does mention that it is for people with some Python background, who should be able to spot mistakes in the text.On the plus side this book actually does a good job of offering Django basics in a logical and straightforward manner. It is a well thought out and paced tutorial and currently the only one available. I find the Definitive Guide to be more of a reference book than a training one... Read more
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Worthy of the title,
This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Django in 24 Hours (Paperback)
This is indeed a good beginner Django book and no doubt will teach you Django in the short 24 hours. However do note that you will not be an expert in Django, but enough to get started and get things going. The real stuff in the online reference anyway. :-)I did find the chapter on Model lacking and seems incomplete -- hence the 4 stars. But this could be because Django API is still growing, as reflected by the online API. In short this book delivers the promise of learning Django in 24 hours. |
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Creating Your First Website in Django
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Creating the Website Framework
Hour 1: Understanding Django 7
Hour 2: Creating Your First Website 19
Hour 3: Adding Models and Objects to Your Website 37
Hour 4: Creating the Initial Views 63
Part II: Implementing the Website Interface
Hour 5: Using Data from the Database in Views 81
Hour 6: Configuring Web Page Views 103
Hour 7: Implementing Django Templates to Create Custom Views 117
Hour 8: Using Built-in Template Tags to Enhance Views 139
Hour 9: Using Built-in Template Filters to Enhance Views 155
Hour 10: Adding Forms to Views 185
Hour 11: Using Views to Add and Update Data in the Database 209
Hour 12: Utilizing Generic Views 231
Hour 13: Advanced View Configurations 269
Part III: Implementing a Full-Featured Website
Hour 14: Managing Site Users 295
Hour 15: Adding Website Security 313
Hour 16: Managing Sessions and Cookies 333
Hour 17: Customizing Models in the Admin Interface 347
Hour 18: Customizing the Admin Interface 365
Part IV: Implementing Advanced Website Components
Hour 19: Implementing Middleware 383
Hour 20: Internationalization and Localization 407
Hour 21: Creating Sitemaps 423
Hour 22: Implementing Multiple Websites 437
Hour 23: Configuring Caching 451
Hour 24: Deploying Django 465
Appendixes
Appendix A: Django Resources 477
Appendix B: Django Form Field Objects 481
Appendix C: Formatting Dates and Times 491
Index 493
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