Build a Website With Django 3: A complete introduction to Django 3

Introduction
	Who This Book is For
	Structure of the Book
	Software Versions
	Source Code
Why Django?
	So, Why Django?
		Python
		Batteries Included
		Doesn’t Get in Your Way
		Built-in Admin
		Scalable
		Battle Tested
		Packages, Packages and More Packages!
		Actively Developed
		Stable Releases
		First Class Documentation
Django Overview
	The Big Picture—How Django is Structured
	Django Models
		Supported Databases
	Django Templates
		Separate Logic From Design
		Don’t Repeat Yourself (DRY)
		Template Security
	Django Views
	URLconf—Tying it all Together
Installing Python and Django
	Installing Python
	Installing Python on macOS
	Installing a Python Virtual Environment
		Creating a Project Folder
		Create the Virtual Environment
	Installing Django
	Starting a Project
	Creating a Database
	The Development Server
	Text Editor
Python Basics
	Code Layout—Readability Counts
		Interactive Interpreter
			Testing Code With the Interactive Interpreter
			Using the Interactive Interpreter with Django
		Comments and Docstrings
		Math and Numbers
		Strings
		Formatting Strings
		Lists, Dictionaries and Tuples
		The if Statement and Code Branching
		Loops and Iterators
			The While Loop
			Breaking out of Loops
			Iterating with a For Loop
		Catching Errors
		Classes and Functions
		Packages and Modules
			The Dot Operator
		Regular Expressions
Your First Django Application
	Django Project Structure
		Django Settings
	Django Applications
		Creating the Pages App
		Django App Structure
		Your First View
		Configuring the URLs
	So What Just Happened?
Creating the Page Model
	The Page Model
	A First Look at the Django Admin
		Using the Admin Site
Django Templates
	Template Settings
		Static Files
	Site Template and Static Files
		Listing 1—base.html
		Listing 2—main.css
		logo.jpg and top_banner.png
	Updating Your View
	It Broke!—Django’s Error Page
	The Pages Template
Improving Your View and Adding Navigation
	Modify Page URLs
	Rewriting the View
		Testing the View
		Modify the Templates
	Improving the Templates
		Page Title
		Create a Menu
	Page Not Found! Adding a 404
Creating a Contact Form
	Creating the Contact Form
		Add URL to Pages App
		Add Navigation to Site Template
		Create the Contact Form Template
		Create the Contact Form View
		Emailing the Form Data
Building a More Complex Form
	Create the Quotes App
	Create the Quote Model
	Add Quote Model to the Django Admin
	Create the Quote Form
	Add the Quote View
	Create the Quote Form Template
	Link the Quote Form
	Finished!
	In the Event of an Emergency...
Django’s Generic Views
	Viewing Records with ListView
		Improving the Quote List Template
	Viewing a Single Record with DetailView
		Create the Detail View
		Add the URLconf
		Create the Detail View Template
		Add CSS to Format Detail View
		Modify Quote List Template
User Management
	Users in the Admin
	Users in the Front End
		Add the Registration View
		Create the Templates
			The Login Template
			The Register Template
			The Success Template
			Modify the Base Template
		Create URLconfs
	Testing the Authentication System
	Restricting Users in the Front End
		Modify the Quote Request View
		Modify the Quote List View
		Modify the Quote Detail View
Deploying a Django Website
	Choosing a Host
	Preparing the Site for Deployment
	Deploy to PythonAnywhere
		Add a Database
		Upload the Site Files
		Install Django
		Install the Web App
		Configure the Web App
		Run Django Management Commands
		Link to the Static Files
		Add a Home Page
		Set Site to Production Mode
Next Steps
	Testing
	Documenting Your Code
	Connecting to Other Databases
	Django’s “App Store”
	Online Django Resources
	Django Books
	A Final Request
Additional Reference Material
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