Completely updated for Django 4.2!

Django for Beginners is a project-based introduction to Django, the popular Python-based web framework. Suitable for total beginners who have never built a website before as well as professional programmers looking for a fast-paced guide to modern web development and Django fundamentals.

In the book you’ll learn how to:

• Build 5 websites from scratch, including a Blog and Newspaper
• Deploy online using security best practices
• Implement signup, login, logout, password change, and password reset
• Customize the look and feel of your sites
• Write tests and run them for all your code
• Add permissions and authorizations to make your app more secure

If you’re curious about Python-based web development, Django for Beginners is a best practices guide to writing and deploying your own websites quickly.

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Reviews

"When readers interested in web development ask me what to read next after Python Crash Course, I refer them to Will's books: Django for Beginners, Django for APIs, and Django for Professionals. I highly recommend you check out his work."—ERIC MATTHES, author of Python Crash Course

"If you’re looking for a guide into the world of Django, then the three-step of Django for Beginners, Django for APIs, and Django for Professionals is ideal: get up and running, get into APIs, which are a cornerstone of modern app development, and then add the bits you need to your fledging app into production, from databases and static files, to user accounts and security. It’s a long road. Will’s books are an awesome companion."—CARLTON GIBSON, Django Fellow and Django REST Framework core contributor

"Will's books are a fantastic resource for web development with Django and Python. I highly recommended them."—JEFF TRIPLETT, Python Software Foundation Director, DEFNA President, and REVSYS Partner

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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Initial Set Up
• Chapter 2: Hello World App
• Chapter 3: Pages App
• Chapter 4: Messsage Board App
• Chapter 5: Message Board Deployment
• Chapter 6: Blog App
• Chapter 7: Forms
• Chapter 8: User Accounts
• Chapter 9: Blog Deployment
• Chapter 10: Custom User Model
• Chapter 11: User Authentication
• Chapter 12: Bootstrap
• Chapter 13: Password Change and Reset
• Chapter 14: Newspaper App
• Chapter 15: Permissions and Authorization
• Chapter 16: Comments
• Chapter 17: Deployment
• Conclusion

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