Django 5 By Example - Fifth Edition

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Building a Blog Application

In this book, you will learn how to build professional-grade web projects using Django. This initial chapter will guide you through the essential building blocks of a Django application, from installation to deployment. If you haven’t set up Django on your machine yet, the Installing Django section will walk you through the installation process.

Before starting our first Django project, let’s go over what you are about to learn. This chapter will give you a general overview of the framework. It will guide you through the different major components to create a fully functional web application: models, templates, views, and URLs. You will gain an understanding of how Django works and how the different framework components ...