The Definitive Guide to Django

Django is the python equivalent of Ruby's Rails web development framework, and is currently one of the hottest topics in web development. This book is a definitive guide to this framework, written by its creator Adrian Holovaty, and lead developer Jacob Kaplan-Moss.

This second edition is updated to work with Django 1.1. Since Django now carries a forward compatibility guarantee, this should continue to serve as a definitive guide for years to come.

This latest edition of The Definitive Guide to Django is updated for Django 1.1, and, with the forwardcompatibility guarantee that Django now provides, should serve as the ultimate tutorial and reference for this popular framework for years to come.

Django, the Pythonbased equivalent to Ruby's Rails web development framework, is one of the hottest topics in web development today. Lead developer Jacob KaplanMoss and Django creator Adrian Holovaty show you how they use this framework to create awardwinning web sites by guiding you through the creation of a web application reminiscent of ChicagoCrime.org.

The Definitive Guide to Django is broken into three parts, with the first introducing Django fundamentals such as installation and configuration, and creating the components that together power a Djangodriven web site. The second part delves into the more sophisticated features of Django, including outputting nonHTML content such as RSS feeds and PDFs, caching, and user management. The appendixes serve as a detailed reference to Django's many configuration options and commands.

Django is the Python equivalent to Ruby on Rails, and the favorite web framework of python's creator Guido Van Rossum This definitive guide is authored by creators of Django: Adrian Holovaty and Jacob Kaplan-Moss Covers a Django version that carries a forward compatibility guarantee (unlike the first edition), so should remain current for a long time

Autorentext

Adrian Holovaty, a web developer and journalist, is one of the creators and core developers of Django. He works at WashingtonPost.com, where he builds database web applications and does "journalism as computer programming." Previously, he was lead developer for World Online in Lawrence, Kansas, where Django was created. When not working on Django improvements, Adrian hacks on side projects for the public good, such as ChicagoCrime.org, which won the 2005 Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism. He lives in Chicago and maintains a weblog at www.Holovaty.com.

Inhalt
Getting Started.- to Django.- Getting Started.- Views and URLconfs.- Templates.- Models.- The Django Admin Site.- Forms.- Advanced Usage.- Advanced Views and URLconfs.- Advanced Templates.- Advanced Models.- Generic Views.- Deploying Django.- Other Django Features.- Generating Non-HTML Content.- Sessions, Users, and Registration.- Caching.- django.contrib.- Middleware.- Integrating with Legacy Databases and Applications.- Internationalization.- Security.