The Definitive Guide to Django (eBook) von Adrian Holovaty

Django is the python equivalent of Ruby's Rails web development framework. This book is a definitive guide to this framework, written by its creator Adrian Holovaty, and lead developer Jacob Kaplan-Moss. This second edition is updated to work with Django 1.1.

This latest edition ofThe Definitive Guide to Django is updated for Django 1.1, and, with the forwardcompatibility guarantee that Django now provides, should serve as the ultimate tutorial and reference for this popular framework for years to come.

Django, the Pythonbased equivalent to Ruby's Rails web development framework, is one of the hottest topics in web development today. Lead developerJacob KaplanMoss and Django creatorAdrian Holovaty show you how they use this framework to create awardwinning web sites by guiding you through the creation of a web application reminiscent of ChicagoCrime.org.

The Definitive Guide to Djangois broken into three parts, with the first introducing Django fundamentals such as installation and configuration, and creating the components that together power a Djangodriven web site. The second part delves into the more sophisticated features of Django, including outputting nonHTML content such as RSS feeds and PDFs, caching, and user management. The appendixes serve as a detailed reference to Django's many configuration options and commands.