Django Design Patterns and Best Practices - Second Edition

How does Django work?

To truly appreciate Django, you will need to peek under the hood and see the various moving parts inside. This can be both enlightening and overwhelming. If you are already familiar with the following information, you might want to skip this section:

How web requests are processed in a typical Django application

The preceding diagram shows the simplified journey of a web request from a visitor's browser to your Django application and back. The numbered paths are as follows:

1. The browser sends the request (essentially, a string of bytes) to your web server.
2. Your web server (say, Nginx) hands over the request to a Web Server ...