Django for Professionals
Last updated on 2020-03-20
About the Book
Once you have learned the basics of Django there is a massive gap between building simple "toy apps" and what it takes to build a "production-ready" web application suitable for deployment to thousands or even millions of users.
This book covers in-depth how professional Django programmers do their job and build these real-world web applications. We will build from scratch an online bookstore that supports purchases via Stripe. And we will cover in-depth the following topics:
* Django 3.0 & Python 3.7
* advanced user registration: custom user models, social authentication
* using Docker & PostgreSQL locally
* environment variables (no more multiple settings files!)
* permissions and file/image uploads
* Stripe for orders
* search
* security & performance
* deployment
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Table of Contents
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Introduction
- Prerequisites
- Book Structure
- Book Layout
- Text Editor
- Conclusion
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Chapter 1: Docker
- What is Docker?
- Containers vs. Virtual Environments
- Install Docker
- Docker Hello, World
- Django Hello, World
- Pages App
- Images, Containers, and the Docker Host
- Git
- Conclusion
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Chapter 2: PostgreSQL
- Starting
- Docker
- Detached Mode
- PostgreSQL
- Settings
- Psycopg
- New Database
- Git
- Conclusion
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Chapter 3: Bookstore Project
- Docker
- PostgreSQL
- Custom User Model
- Custom User Forms
- Custom User Admin
- Superuser
- Tests
- Unit Tests
- Git
- Conclusion
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Chapter 4: Pages App
- Templates
- URLs and Views
- Tests
- Testing Templates
- Testing HTML
- setUp Method
- Resolve
- Git
- Conclusion
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Chapter 5: User Registration
- Auth App
- Auth URLs and Views
- Homepage
- Django Source Code
- Log In
- Redirects
- Log Out
- Sign Up
- Tests
- setUpTestData()
- Git
- Conclusion
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Chapter 6: Static Assets
- staticfiles app
- STATIC_URL
- STATICFILES_DIRS
- STATIC_ROOT
- STATICFILES_FINDERS
- Static Directory
- Images
- JavaScript
- collectstatic
- Bootstrap
- About Page
- Django Crispy Forms
- Tests
- Git
- Conclusion
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Chapter 7: Advanced User Registration
- django-allauth
- AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS
- EMAIL_BACKEND
- ACCOUNT_LOGOUT_REDIRECT
- URLs
- Templates
- Log In
- Log Out
- Sign Up
- Admin
- Email Only Login
- Tests
- Social
- Git
- Conclusion
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Chapter 8: Environment Variables
- .env files
- SECRET_KEY
- DEBUG
- Databases
- Git
- Conclusion
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Chapter 9: Email
- Custom Confirmation Emails
- Email Confirmation Page
- Password Reset and Password Change
- Email Service
- Git
- Conclusion
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Chapter 10: Books App
- Models
- Admin
- URLs
- Views
- Templates
- object_list
- Individual Book Page
- context_object_name
- get_absolute_url
- Primary Keys vs. IDs
- Slugs vs. UUIDs
- Navbar
- Tests
- Git
- Conclusion
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Chapter 11: Reviews App
- Foreign Keys
- Reviews model
- Admin
- Templates
- Tests
- Git
- Conclusion
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Chapter 12: File/Image Uploads
- Media Files
- Models
- Admin
- Template
- Next Steps
- Git
- Conclusion
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Chapter 13: Permissions
- Logged-In Users Only
- Permissions
- Custom Permissions
- User Permissions
- PermissionRequiredMixin
- Groups & UserPassesTestMixin
- Tests
- Git
- Conclusion
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Chapter 14: Orders with Stripe
- Payments Flow
- Orders app
- Stripe
- Publishable & Secret Keys
- Stripe Checkout
- Charges
- Stripe + Permissions
- Templates
- Tests
- Git
- Conclusion
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Chapter 15: Search
- Search Results Page
- Basic Filtering
- Q Objects
- Forms
- Search Form
- Git
- Conclusion
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Chapter 16: Performance
- django-debug-toolbar
- Analyzing Pages
- select_related and prefetch_related
- Caching
- Indexes
- django-extensions
- Front-end Assets
- Git
- Conclusion
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Chapter 17: Security
- Social Engineering
- Django updates
- Deployment Checklist
- Local vs. Production
- DEBUG
- ALLOWED HOSTS
- Web Security
- SQL injection
- XSS (Cross Site Scripting)
- Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Clickjacking Protection
- HTTPS/SSL
- HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
- Secure Cookies
- Admin Hardening
- Git
- Conclusion
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Chapter 18: Deployment
- PaaS vs IaaS
- WhiteNoise
- Media Files
- Gunicorn
- dj-database-url
- Heroku
- Deploying with Docker
- heroku.yml
- Heroku Deployment
- SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER
- Heroku Logs
- Stripe Live Payments
- Heroku Add-ons
- PonyCheckup
- Conclusion
- Conclusion
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