Unless you are creating a simple website, there is little chance of avoiding the need to interact with some form of database when building modern web applications. Unfortunately, this usually means you have to get your hands dirty with Structured Query Language (SQL)—which is just about nobody’s idea of fun. In Django, the messy issues …
Django’s Structure—A Heretic’s Eye View The most common complaints from those new to Django is “it’s too hard to understand”, or “it’s too complex”. You may even be thinking this yourself right now. At the fundamental level, Django isn’t complicated. Yes, it has its quirks and, yes, big Django projects can be very complex beasts, …
Before you can start learning Django, you must install some software on your computer. Fortunately, this is a simple three-step process: Install Python Install a Python Virtual Environment; and Install Django This chapter is mostly written for those of you running Windows, as most new users are on Windows. I have also included a section …
Introduction to the Updated Edition Django has continued to change since the release of the first edition of Mastering Django two years ago. Django now has a new Long Term Support (LTS) version with Django 3.2, and, as I write this in mid-December 2021, Django 4.0 has just been released. This new edition updates the code and …
Lists, Dictionaries and Tuples Lists, dictionaries and tuples are used to store collections of objects. They are differentiated from each other by the delimiter they use: []. A list. E.g. [“one”,”two”] {}. A dictionary. E.g. {1:”one”, 2:”two”} (). A tuple. E.g. (“one”, 2) Lists you should be very familiar with, as we all use lists daily. A dictionary is also straight …
Introduction If you understand the basics of Python, you will be able to understand Django in a much more comprehensive way. For example, by having a greater understanding of Python, you will be able to identify the bits of Django that are plain Python and the bits that are unique to Django. This course is …
Transcript In the last module we created our site template and a page template that inherits from the site template. While our project is finally starting to look like a real website, it’s still static—the page template doesn’t show the site content and we still have no site navigation to be able to load different …
Transcript In Module 4, we created a very simple view to display a message in the browser. This is obviously a long way from a fully functioning, modern website. For one we’re missing a site template. Site templates, at their most basic, are HTML files that are displayed by your browser. All websites—from simple, static …
Transcript As we discussed in module 1, a Django model is a data object that maps your app’s data to the database without you having to know SQL, or how the underlying database structures your data. Each of your app’s models are a class that you create in your app’s models.py file. The Page Model …
In this module we’re going to start putting together the various components that make up a Django application.
