Django Visual Guide: The Complete Beginner's Handbook to Mastering Web Development Effortlessly Without Prior Programming Experience

Chapter 01 Django Key Concepts....10

Web Framework and Django....11

Websites vs. Django Web Apps....14

How Django Handles HTTP Request and HTTP Response....16

Django’s MVT Framework....18

Django Templates vs. Django APIs....22

Chapter 02 Django Quick Start Guide....23

Install Python....25

Install Visual Studio Code....31

Create Project Directory....36

Set Up Virtual Environment....42

Install Django....47

Start Django Project....50

Run Server....53

Database Migration....56

URL dispatcher – urls.py....59

Create Superuser and Log In to Django Admin....61

Start App....65

Create HTML Templates....69

Create Views....73

Add URL Patterns....76

Project vs. App....80

Chapter 03 Django Models and Databases....82

Create a Database in Django....84

Relational Database....86

Create Django Models....90

Makemigrations and Migrate....95

Add Models in Django Admin – admin.py....99

Change Display Name of Record Objects....102

Django Models – Data Field Type....106

Django Models – Field Options....112

Django Models – Help Text Option....115

Django Models – Choices Option....119

Django Models – DateField with datetime Module....123

Django Models – Relationship Fields....127

Django Models – ID....129

Django Models – ForeignKey (OneToMany Relationship)....132

Django Models – OneToOneField....137

Django Models – ManyToManyField....140

Chapter 4 Create CRUD Web Application....143

CRUD Web Application....145

Basic CRUD Structure in Django....147

Django Generic Views....149

How To Write Class-Based Views with Generic Views....152

Generic View Basic Attributes....155

URL Dispatcher for CRUD Views....163

Django Templates for CRUD Views....169

Django Template Language (DTL)....173

Template for List Page....175

Get_FOO_display method....181

Template for Detail Page....184

Template with Model Relations....188

Template for Create and Update Page....193

Template for Delete Page....197

Add Links – {% url %} tag....200

Extend Templates – {% extends %} tag....205

Check Developing App UI on Mobile Device....208

Django Templates with Bootstrap....212

Crispy Forms....227

Customize Views (1) – Change List Order....231

Customizing Views (2) – Filter Lists....234

Context....237

Customize Views (3) – Add Extra Context....239

Modularize Templates – {% include %} tag....241

Static Files in Development Environment – {% static %} tag....245

STATIC_URL and STATICFILES_DIRS....250

Create Index HTML....252

Chapter 5 User Management....256

User Authentication....258

Overview of User Management Functions....259

User Management Function Development with Django....263

Approaches to Building User Management Functions in Django....265

Django Allauth (1) – Introduction....267

Django Allauth (2) – Installation and Initial Settings....269

Django Allauth (3) – Email Verification via Console....278

Django Allauth (4) – Email Verification via Gmail....282

Django Allauth (5) – Social Login with GitHub....290

Django Allauth (6) – Social Login with Google....296

Django Allauth (7) – Allauth Template File Setup....302

Django Allauth (8) – Add Basic Styling with Bootstrap and Crispy Forms....304

Django Allauth (9) – Customize Sign-in and Sign-up Pages....313

User Models....320

Login Required – LoginRequiredMixin....329

User Login Status Icon on Navigation Bar....332

Chapter 6 Deploy Django App....335

Overview of Django App Deployment (1)....337

Overview of Django App Deployment (2)....339

Key Steps of Django App Deployment....343

Hosting Service Initial Settings (1) – AWS Lightsail setup....348

Hosting Service Initial Settings (2) – SSH Remote Connection....353

Manage Local Computer and Remote Server Simultaneously....356

Tips for Managing Local Development and Remote Production Environment....358

Hosting Service Initial Settings (3) – Clone Project Directory with GitHub....360

Production Database Setup....367

Django Production Settings (1) – Settings.py for Development and Production....373

Django Production Settings (2) – Production Settings....377

Django Production Settings (3) – django-environ and .env file....380

Static File Settings....384

Django and Dependency Installation on Production Server....388

Web Server and Application Server in Django....393

Application Server Setup – Gunicorn....395

Web Server Setup – Nginx....400

Domain Setup....406

SSL Setup – Certbot....413

Email Setting – SendGrid....422

Social Login for Production....430

Manage Local Development and Remote Production Environment....437

About D-Libro....444

Django is a powerful tool for building web applications and is highly trusted by developers. It is scalable, flexible, and secure and benefits from extensive community support.This book is designed to help beginners understand the core concepts of Django and web development. Its hands-on approach includes creating real web applications. The guide covers the basics of Django's structure and components to more advanced topics like deploying applications to a production environment.

This book will teach you:

1. Django Key Concepts:

• Introduction to web frameworks and Django.
• Differences between websites and Django web applications.
• Overview of how Django handles HTTP requests and responses.
• Explanation of Django's MVT (Model-View-Template) framework.

2. Django Quick Start Guide:

• Step-by-step instructions on setting up Django, including Python installation, setting up a virtual environment and starting a Django project.
• Basic server operations and URL dispatching.

3. Django Models and Databases:

• Detailed instructions on creating databases and models within Django.
• Overview of relational databases, field types, and Django's ORM (Object-Relational Mapping).

4. Create CRUD Web Application:

• Guide to creating a Django CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) application. Usage of Django's generic views and template system.

5. User Management:

• Implementation of user authentication and management functions. Integration of Django's 'allauth' for social login functionalities.

6. Deploy Django App:

• Guidance on deploying a Django application, including setting up servers and managing static and media files.

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