Django In Depth (James Bennett)
Most books, tutorials and other documentation for Django take a high-level approach to its components and APIs, and so barely scratch the surface of the framework. In this tutorial, however, we'll take a detailed look under the hood, covering everything from the guts of the ORM to the innards of the template system to how the admin interface really works.
Whether you're the newest of newbies or the most seasoned of application developers, you'll come away with a deeper knowledge of Django, and a plethora of new tips and tricks you can use in your own applications.
Intended Audience
Beginning to intermediate users of the Django web framework.
Class Outline
- Introduction: going beyond Django's documentation
- Under the hood of the ORM
- Forms and validation
- Inside the template system
- How Django processes requests
- Understanding the view layer
- The admin interface, inside and out
- Q&A
Requirements
Students should complete at least the official Django tutorial in advance; basic familiarity with Django (and, by extension, Python) will be assumed.
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