Django for Beginners: Build Websites with Python and Django

Table of Contents....4 Introduction....10 Why Django....10 Why This Book....11 Prerequisites....12 Book Structure....12 Book Layout....13 Advice on Getting Stuck....14 Community....15 Conclusion....15 Chapter 1: Initial Set Up....16 The Command Line....16 Shell Commands....18 Install Python 3 on Windows....21 Install Python 3 on Mac....22 Python Interactive Mode....23 Virtual Environments....23 Install Django....26 First Django Project....28 Text Editors....31 Install Git....32 Conclusion....34 Chapter 2: Hello World App....35 Initial Set Up....35 HTTP Request/Response Cycle....41 Model-View-Controller vs Model-View-Template....42 Create An App....43 Hello, World....45 Git....49 GitHub....51 SSH Keys....52 Conclusion....53 Chapter 3: Pages App....54 Initial Set Up....54 Templates....57 Class-Based Views....58 URLs....59 About Page....60 Extending Templates....62 Tests....64 Git and GitHub....69 Local vs Production....71 Heroku....71 Deployment Checklist....73 Conclusion....78 Chapter 4: Message Board App....79 Initial Set Up....79 Create a Database Model....82 Activating models....83 Django Admin....84 Views/Templates/URLs....89 Adding New Posts....92 Tests....93 GitHub....97 Heroku Configuration....98 Heroku Deployment....99 Conclusion....100 Chapter 5: Blog App....101 Initial Set Up....101 Database Models....103 Admin....105 URLs....109 Views....110 Templates....111 Static Files....113 Individual Blog Pages....118 Tests....122 Git....126 Conclusion....127 Chapter 6: Forms....128 CreateView....128 UpdateView....133 DeleteView....138 Tests....143 Conclusion....145 Chapter 7: User Accounts....146 Log In....146 Updated Homepage....149 Log Out Link....150 Sign Up....153 Sign Up Link....157 GitHub....159 Static Files....160 Heroku Config....163 Heroku Deployment....164 SQLite vs PostgreSQL....165 Conclusion....166 Chapter 8: Custom User Model....167 Initial Set Up....167 Custom User Model....168 Forms....170 Superuser....173 Conclusion....177 Chapter 9: User Authentication....178 Templates....178 URLs....181 Admin....185 Tests....190 Conclusion....192 Chapter 10: Bootstrap....193 Pages App....193 Tests....196 Testing Philosophy....197 Bootstrap....197 Sign Up Form....202 Conclusion....207 Chapter 11: Password Change and Reset....208 Password Change....208 Customizing Password Change....209 Password Reset....212 Custom Templates....215 Try It Out....219 Conclusion....221 Chapter 12: Email....222 SendGrid....222 Custom Emails....229 Conclusion....231 Chapter 13: Newspaper App....232 Articles App....232 URLs and Views....236 Detail/Edit/Delete....239 Create Page....246 Conclusion....251 Chapter 14: Permissions and Authorization....252 Improved CreateView....252 Authorizations....254 Mixins....256 LoginRequiredMixin....258 UpdateView and DeleteView....260 Conclusion....262 Chapter 15: Comments....263 Model....263 Admin....264 Template....272 Comment Form....277 Comment View....278 Comment Template....279 Comment Post View....281 Conclusion....286 Chapter 16: Deployment....287 Environment Variables....288 DEBUG & ALLOWED HOSTS....290 SECRET_KEY....293 DATABASES....294 Static Files....296 Deployment Checklist....298 GitHub....300 Heroku Deployment....300 Conclusion....303 Conclusion....304 Next Steps....304 3rd Party Packages....305 Learning Resources....305 Python Books....306 Feedback....306