Django 3 By Example - Third Edition

Learn Django 3 with four end-to-end web projectsKey FeaturesLearn Django 3 by building real-world web applications from scratch in Python using coding best practicesIntegrate other technologies into your application with clear step-by-step explanations and comprehensive example codeImplement advanced functionalities like a full-text search engine a user activity stream or a recommendation engineAdd real-time features with Django Channels and WebSocketsBook DescriptionIf you want to learn the entire process of developing professional web applications with Python and Django then this book is for you. In the process of building four professional Django projects you will learn about Django 3 features how to solve common web development problems how to implement best practices and how to successfully deploy your applications.In this book you will build a blog application a social image bookmarking website an online shop and an e-learning platform. Step-by-step guidance will teach you how to integrate popular technologies enhance your applications with AJAX create RESTful APIs and set up a production environment for your Django projects.By the end of this book you will have mastered Django 3 by building advanced web applications.What you will learnBuild real-world web applicationsLearn Django essentials including models views ORM templates URLs forms and authenticationImplement advanced features such as custom model fields custom template tags cache middleware localization and moreCreate complex functionalities such as AJAX interactions social authentication a full-text search engine a payment system a CMS a RESTful API and moreIntegrate other technologies including Redis Celery RabbitMQ PostgreSQL and Channels into your projectsDeploy Django projects in production using NGINX uWSGI and DaphneWho this book is forThis book is intended for developers with Python knowledge who wish to learn Django in a pragmatic way. Perhaps you are completely new to Django or you already know a little but you want to get the most out of it. This book will help you to master the most relevant areas of the framework by building practical projects from scratch. You need to have familiarity with programming concepts in order to read this book. Some previous knowledge of HTML and JavaScript is assumed. About the Author Antonio Melé is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Nucoro a London-based fintech company that provides a leading technology platform to build digital wealth management solutions. Antonio has been developing Django projects since 2006 for clients across several industries. In 2009 he founded Zenx IT a development company specializing in building digital products. Antonio has worked as a CTO and technology consultant for multiple technology-based start-ups and managed development teams building projects for large digital businesses. Antonio holds an MSc. in computer science from Universidad Pontificia Comillas. His father inspired his passion for computers and programming.