Python Web Development With Django( Series - Developer's Library )

Using the simple, robust, Python-based Django framework, you can build powerful Web solutions with remarkably few lines of code. In "Python Web Development with Django"(R),"" three of the world's most experienced Django developers cover all the techniques, tools, and concepts you need to make the most of Django. The authors teach Django through extensive sample code, all of it supported with line-by-line explanations and images. You'll discover how Django leverages Python's speed and flexibility to help you solve a wide spectrum of Web development problems and learn Django best practices covered nowhere else. You'll build your first Django application in just minutes and deepen your real-world skills through start-to-finish application projects ranging from simple blogging tools to a full-fledged content management system.

• Techniques covered in depth include: installing and configuring Django
• Utilizing Django's Model-View-Controller (MVC) programming model
• Automating the creation of new projects; managing URLs, HTTP request-response, and views
• Displaying information and managing user input
• Implementing Ajax functionality; using publicly-available code resources posted on the Django pastebin
• And more-including advanced techniques presented in no other book.

Introduction Part I: Getting Started Chapter 1: Practical Python for Django Chapter 2: Django for the Impatient: Building a Blog Chapter 3: Starting Out Part II: Django in Depth Chapter 4: Defining and Using Models Chapter 5: URLs, HTTP Mechanisms, and Views Chapter 6: Templates and Form Processing Part III: Django Applications by Example Chapter 7: Photo Gallery Chapter 8: ContentManagement System Chapter 9: Liveblog Chapter 10: Pastebin Part IV: Advanced Django Techniques and Features Chapter 11: TBD Chapter 12: TBD Part V: Appendixes Appendix A: Command Line Basics Appendix B: Installing and Running Django Appendix C: Tools for Practical Django Development Appendix D: Finding, Evaluating, and Using Django Applications Appendix E: Django on the Google App Engine Appendix F: Getting Involved in the Django Project Appendix G: More Resources Colophon