Django for Beginners: Build Websites with Python and Django 4.2

Chapter 0: Introduction
	Prerequisites
	Why Django
	Why This Book
	What’s New in Django 4.2
	Book Structure
	Book Layout
	Advice on Getting Stuck
	Community
	Conclusion
Chapter 1: Initial Set Up
	The Command Line
	Shell Commands
	Install Python 3 on Windows
	Install Python 3 on Mac
	Python Interactive Mode
	Virtual Environments
	PyPI (Python Package Index)
	Install Django
	First Django Project
	The Development Server
	Text Editors
	VSCode Configurations
	Install Git
	Conclusion
Chapter 2: Hello World App
	How Websites Work
	How Web Frameworks Work
	Model-View-Controller vs Model-View-Template
	Initial Set Up
	Create An App
	Your First View
	URLconfs
	Git
	GitHub
	SSH Keys
	Conclusion
Chapter 3: Pages App
	Initial Set Up
	Templates
	Class-Based Views
	URLs
	About Page
	Extending Templates
	Tests
	Git and GitHub
	Hosting Options
	Deployment Checklist
	Fly.io
	Deploy to Fly.io
	Conclusion
Chapter 4: Message Board App
	Initial Set Up
	Create a Database Model
	Activating models
	Django Admin
	Views/Templates/URLs
	Adding New Posts
	Static Files
	Tests
	GitHub
	Conclusion
Chapter 5: Message Board Deployment
	Previous Deployment Checklist
	Environment Variables
	DATABASES
	Pyscopg
	CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS
	Updated Deployment Checklist
	Web Servers
	WSGI
	ASGI
	WhiteNoise
	Middleware
	requirements.txt
	Final Deployment Checklist
	Fly Deployment
	Production Database
	Conclusion
Chapter 6: Blog App
	Initial Set Up
	Databases
	Django’s ORM
	Blog Post Models
	Primary Keys and Foreign Keys
	Admin
	URLs
	Views
	Templates
	Static Files
	Individual Blog Pages
	get_absolute_url()
	Tests
	Git
	Conclusion
Chapter 7: Forms
	CreateView
	UpdateView
	DeleteView
	Tests
	Conclusion
Chapter 8: User Accounts
	Log In
	Updated Homepage
	Log Out Link
	Sign Up
	Sign Up Link
	Static Files
	GitHub
	Conclusion
Chapter 9: Blog Deployment
	Gunicorn, Psycopg, and environs
	DATABASES
	WhiteNoise
	requirements.txt
	.dockerignore and .env
	DEBUG
	SECRET_KEY
	ALLOWED_HOSTS and CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS
	Fly Launch
	Updated ALLOWED_HOSTS and CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS
	Fly Deployment
	Conclusion
Chapter 10: Custom User Model
	Initial Set Up
	Git
	Custom User Model
	Forms
	Superuser
	Tests
	Git
	Conclusion
Chapter 11: User Authentication
	Templates
	URLs
	Admin
	Tests
	Git
	Conclusion
Chapter 12: Bootstrap
	Pages App
	Tests
	Testing Philosophy
	Bootstrap
	Signup Form
	Git
	Conclusion
Chapter 13: Password Change and Reset
	Password Change
	Customizing Password Change
	Password Reset
	Custom Templates
	Try It Out
	Git
	Conclusion
Chapter 14: Newspaper App
	Articles App
	URLs and Views
	Detail/Edit/Delete
	Create Page
	Additional Links
	Git
	Conclusion
Chapter 15: Permissions and Authorization
	Improved CreateView
	Authorizations
	Mixins
	LoginRequiredMixin
	UpdateView and DeleteView
	Template Logic
	Git
	Conclusion
Chapter 16: Comments
	Model
	Admin
	Template
	Comment Form
	Comment View
	Comment Template
	Comment Post View
	New Comment Link
	Git
	Conclusion
Chapter 17: Deployment
	Static Files
	Deployment Checklist
	Gunicorn, Psycopg, and environs
	DATABASES
	WhiteNoise
	requirements.txt
	.dockerignore and .env
	DEBUG and SECRET_KEY
	ALLOWED_HOSTS and CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS
	Fly Deployment
	Production Database
	Deployment Conclusion
Chapter 18: Conclusion
	Next Steps
	3rd Party Packages
	Learning Resources
	Python Books
	Feedback