Using the simple, robust, Python-based Django framework, you can build powerful Web solutions with remarkably few lines of code. In Python Web Development with Django® , three of the world's most experienced Django developers cover all the techniques, tools, and concepts you need to make the most of Django.

The authors teach Django through extensive sample code, all of it supported with line-by-line explanations and images. You'll discover how Django leverages Python's speed and flexibility to help you solve a wide spectrum of Web development problems and learn Django best practices covered nowhere else. You'll build your first Django application in just minutes and deepen your real-world skills through start-to-finish application projects ranging from simple blogging tools to a full-fledged content management system. 

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Techniques covered in depth include: installing and configuring Django
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Utilizing Django's Model-View-Controller (MVC) programming model
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Automating the creation of new projects; managing URLs, HTTP request-response, and views
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Displaying information and managing user input
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Implementing Ajax functionality; using publicly-available code resources posted on the Django pastebin
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And more-including advanced techniques presented in no other book.

Introduction 

Part I: Getting Started 
Chapter 1: Practical Python for Django 
Chapter 2: Django for the Impatient: Building a Blog 
Chapter 3: Starting Out 

Part II:Django in Depth 
Chapter 4: Defining and Using Models 
Chapter 5: URLs, HTTP Mechanisms, and Views 
Chapter 6: Templates and Form Processing 

Part III: Django Applications by Example 
Chapter 7: Photo Gallery 
Chapter 8: Content Management System 
Chapter 9: Liveblog 
Chapter 10: Pastebin 

Part IV: Advanced Django Techniques and Features 
Chapter 11: TBD 
Chapter 12: TBD 

Part V: Appendixes 
Appendix A: Command Line Basics 
Appendix B: Installing and Running Django 
Appendix C: Tools for Practical Django Development 
Appendix D: Finding, Evaluating, and Using Django Applications 
Appendix E: Django on the Google App Engine 
Appendix F: Getting Involved in the Django Project 
Appendix G: More Resources 

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