Django design patterns and best practices : easily build maintainable websites with powerful and relevant Django design patterns /: easily build maintainable websites with powerful and relevant Django design patterns. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Arun Ravindran.
• Authors: Ravindran, Arun
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Django and Patterns; Why Django?; The story of Django; A framework is born; Removing the magic; Django keeps getting better; How does Django work?; What is a Pattern?; Gang of Four Patterns; Is Django MVC?; Fowler's Patterns; Are there more patterns?; Patterns in this book; Criticism of Patterns; How to use Patterns; Best practices; Python Zen and Django's design philosophy; Summary; Chapter 2: Application Design; How to gather requirements; Are you a story teller? HTML mockupsDesigning the application; Dividing a project into Apps; Reuse or roll-your-own?; My app sandbox; Which packages made it?; Before starting the project; SuperBook Problem detailsSolution details; Retrieval patterns; Pattern: Property field; Problem details; Solution details; Pattern: Custom model managers; Problem details; Solution details; Migrations; Summary; Chapter 4: Views and URLs; A view from the top; Views got classier; Class-based generic views; View mixins; Order of mixins; Decorators; View patterns; Pattern: Access controlled views; Problem details; Solution details; Pattern: Context enhancers; Problem details; Solution details; Pattern: Services; Problem details; Solution details; Designing URLs; URL anatomy; What happens in urls.py? The URL pattern syntaxNames and namespaces; Pattern order; URL pattern styles; Summary; Chapter 5: Templates; Understanding Django's template language features; Variables; Attributes; Filters; Tags; Philosophy: Don't invent a programming language; Organizing templates; Support for other template languages; Using Bootstrap; But they all look the same!; Template patterns; Pattern: Template inheritance tree; Problem details; Solution details; Pattern: The active link; Problem details; Solution details; Summary; Chapter 6: Admin Interface; Using the admin interface; Enhancing models for the admin Not everyone should be an adminAdmin interface customizations; Changing the heading; Changing the base and stylesheets; Adding a Rich Text Editor for WYSIWYG editing; Bootstrap-themed admin; Complete overhauls; Protecting the admin; Pattern: Feature flags; Problem details; Solution details; Summary; Chapter 7: Forms; How forms work; Forms in Django; Why does data need cleaning?; Displaying forms; Time to be crisp; Understanding CSRF; Form processing with Class-based views; Form patterns; Pattern: Dynamic form generation; Problem details; Solution details; Pattern: User-based forms
• Publisher Details: Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume), illustrations
• Subjects: 006.76; COMPUTERS -- Web -- General; Web sites -- Authoring programs; Web site development -- Computer programs; COMPUTERS / General; Web site development -- Computer programs; Web sites -- Authoring programs; COMPUTERS -- Web -- Design; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783986651; 1783986654
• Related ISBNs: 1783986646; 9781783986644
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from cover page (Safari, viewed April 14, 2015).
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