Describing the basics of using a web framework for development
Understanding he concepts of MVC (Model-View-Controller)
Detailing the evolution of Django
Getting Started
Explaining the steps for installation of Django on Linux and Windows
Illustrating the setting database and project detailing project’s components
The Basics of Dynamic Web Pages
Illustrating views and their usage for dynamic content
Describing URLconfs and view mapping
Detailing the request handling process of Django
Explaining the usage of URL patterns and Errors
The Django Template System
Understanding the concepts and usage of template system of Django
Describing the template tags and filters in Django
Detailing the usage of template in views and their loading
Interacting with a Database: Models
Explaining the MTV (Model Template View) pattern of Django
Describing the process of configuring a database
Illustrating the steps to define a model and installing it
Understanding the data and database schema access and it’s management in Django
The Django Administration Site
Explaining the usage, access and customization of the admin interface
Form Processing
Describing the process of form creation and it’s processing
Explaining the techniques to apply validation rules to form
Illustrating the steps to customize layout and formatting of forms
Detailing forms creation from models
Advanced Views and URLconfs
Explaining the concepts of function imports and multiple view prefixes
Describing the usage of named groups for regex
Customizing views functions to pass extra options or default arguments
Illustrating the inclusion of other URLconfs
Generic Views
Explaining the usage and application of generic views and extending them
Extending the Template Engine
Using requestcontext and context processors for specifying variable in each context
Describing the techniques of extending templates by template library, custom template filters and loaders
Generating Non-HTML Content
Explaining the method to produce different MIME-types like csv, pdf, rss and sitemap from views
Sessions, Users, and Registration
Understanding cookies, session framework, users and authentication in django
Explaining the implementation of permissions, groups, messages, and profiles
Caching
Describing the process of setting up cache for faster response
Detailing the usage of low level cache API for caching in django
Explaining the usage of vary and cache headers
Other Contributed Subframeworks
Exploring the django standard library for add-ons
Describing the sites framework, flatpages, redirects and CSRF
Middleware
Detailing the installation and methods in middleware
Describing the built-in middleware in django
Integrating with Legacy Databases and Applications
Explaining the usage of inspectdb utility
Detailing the steps to specify authentication back-ends and integrating with legacy web applications
Extending Django's Admin Interface
Describing the steps to customize admin templates and admin views in django
Internationalization
Illustrating the usage of standard translation functions
Describing the creation of language files and language preference setting in django
Explaining the usage of translations in javascript
Security
Explaining techniques to counter different types of web attacks like SQL injection, cross-site scripting, cross-site request forgery, email header injection, directory traversal and exposed error messages
Deploying Django
Describing the basic configuration of single and multiple django installations
Explaining implementation of scaling, load balancing and redundancy in django
