Django 3 By Example: Build Powerful and Reliable Python Web Applications from Scratch

by Antonio Mele

Learn Django 3 with four end-to-end web projects

Key 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.

Table of ContentsBuilding a Blog ApplicationEnhancing Your Blog with Advanced FeaturesExtending Your Blog ApplicationBuilding a Social WebsiteSharing Content on Your WebsiteTracking User ActionsBuilding an Online ShopManaging Payments and OrdersExtending Your ShopBuilding an E-Learning PlatformRendering and Caching ContentBuilding an APIBuilding a Chat ServerGoing Live

Genres: Programming, Technology, Web

959 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 31, 2020

About the author

Antonio Mele is a Professor of Finance and a Senior Chair with the Swiss Finance Institute in Lugano after a decade spent as a Professor of Finance at the London School of Economics & Political Science. He is also a Research Fellow for the Financial Economics program at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London, and holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Paris.

Reviews

[Alex A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I especially loved the new "async" and ASGI parts of the book based on a chat service example.

Lots of modern approaches to solving common web application development tasks with end-to-end examples.

I'd consider it something like a "little [django] offline SO in your backpack" :)

[Bilal · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great hands-on leaning guide for the Django platform. A bit more emphasis on explaining some of the programmatic concepts/shortcuts/technologies would have made this a perfect learning-guide.

[Stoyan · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5/5
I had a problem in Chapter 8 around the payments, some methods were deprecated, had no wish to get it working (maybe another time). In Chapter 10 there was also a problem, but I am too lazy to get it working. Because the rest of the chapters was connected to this one, I skipped it.
Otherwise a really nice book. would recommend it 100%.

[Sunny Shaban Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Author demonstrated a fair effort at reducing abstraction. I find the book more useful than the courses I took on Django; however, this version of the book has some deprecations. So, I'll suggest going with the latest version of this book

[Muhammad Fahid · Rating 5 out of 5]

best ,,

[Alireza · Rating 5 out of 5]

The examples were truly incredible, i loved the simplicity of the book.
very good for people who have messed around and now are ready to get into a more practical way of working with Django

[Vo Tat Dat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Except for Official Document, this is the best book about Django.