Practical Django 2 and Channels 2: Building Projects and Applications with Real-Time Capabilities
- 3h 12m
- Federico Marani
- Apress
- 2019
Learn how to rapidly build your own ecommerce site by applying Django’s battle-tested components. This book demonstrates Django’s features and conventions to help you develop modern web applications quickly. You'll adopt a 'learn by doing' approach and gain a deeper understanding Django by working through a project in which the real-time component will be critical. The book starts with the basics and explains the difference between a Django project and a Django app, the most important settings, how to change them, and the fundamentals of packaging. You'll then be introduced to all the standard tools of Django, along with a sample project. The book then moves on to Channels, a recent addition to the Django ecosystem. It extends the framework with support for real-time operations such as Websockets and other asynchronous features.Practical Django 2 and Channels 2 provides the practical concepts needed to create complex, database-driven websites as easily as possible.
What You'll Learn
- Build and deploy a simple company site with Django
- Develop more complex, data-heavy sites using the Django ORMIntegrate Django with ChannelsUnit-test your solutions
Who This Book Is For
Python developers and web developers wanting to learn Django 2 and Channels 2
About the Author
Federico Marani has been a freelance software engineer and DevOps specialist for over 15 years. With a background in Computer Science and a Msc in Business Psychology, he has worked in companies ranging from e-commerce, finance, medical and banking companies. He started developing web applications with Python 1.5.2 on RedHat systems has been using Django since the first 1.x versions, more than 8 years ago. He now consults on technology strategy and tech teams with startups, and still very hands-on with coding. Open sourced a lot of code online, some of which is part of GNU Social. In his spare time, he enjoys playing drums and running.
In this Book
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Introduction to Django
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Getting Started with a Simple Company Site
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Adding the Product Catalog to the Site
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A Checkout System for Receiving Orders Online
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Adding CSS/JavaScript to Our Django Project
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Using External Libraries in Our Project
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Making an Internal Dashboard for the Company
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Backend for a Mobile Customer-Service App
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Mobile Customer-Service App
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How to Deploy Django Sites
