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Two Scoops of Django 1.11: Best Practices for the Django Web Framework

Two Scoops Press

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This book is chock-full of material that will help you with your Django projects.

We’ll introduce you to various tips, tricks, patterns, code snippets, and techniques that we’ve picked up over the years. This book is an update and expansion of previous editions:

  • Updated for Django 1.11 (which will be maintained by the core team until at least April 2020!) and changes in the Django ecosystem, with corrections and clarifications added thanks to the feedback of our readers and technical reviewers.
  • Refocused the book on Python 3, with an appendix for working with Python 2.7.
  • Revised material on nearly every topic within the book.
  • 20+ pages of new material on Django REST Framework, security, forms, models, and more.

Two Scoops of Django 1.11: Best Practices for the Django Web Framework is available right now in PDF, Kindle, ePub, and print formats. The paperback is also available on Amazon (print/Kindle), Flipkart, and other online stores.

As we're certain you have questions, we've written up a FAQ.

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Reviews of Two Scoops of Django 1.11

There are 38 reviews on Amazon.com averaging at 4.5 stars!

What's the Deal with the Misprints?

Misprint copies receive a $10 discount. You can order just the paperback or the paperback/ebook combination.

The issues with the misprints are:

  • The crease on the front cover was cut too deeply.
  • Some of the misprints have covers that are slightly off in color.
  • Some of the misprints have light scuffing/crinkling on their corners.

These aren't enough to make the book unusable or unattractive, but it's enough that we can't sell it at our normal price. Hence the $10 off the misprints.

What People Say About Two Scoops of Django:

  • This is the swiss army knife for every Django developer. ~ Jannis Gebauer, djangopackages.org maintainer and pyup.io founder
  • I wanted to write a book about best practices in Django, except Two Scoops is that book, no need to write another one. ~ Buddy Lindsey, Host of GoDjango
  • A must for all Django programmers. ~ Derrick Kearney, lead moderator of the largest Python and Django groups on Facebook
  • Audrey's illustrations reinforce Audrey and Daniel's Django technical excellence. (Art + ice cream) * 2 tech experts = Two Scoops of Django. ~ Carol Willing, Project Jupyter Core Dev and Python Software Foundation director
  • We buy this book for every new engineer on our team. It's a must for Django development! ~ Jacinda Shelly, CTO of Doctor On Demand
  • You know those lessons you learn when projects blow up in your face? This book contains several projects worth of such lessons. ~ Lennart Regebro, author of "Porting to Python 3"
  • <3 <3 <3 ~ Jannis Leidel, Django Core Contributor
  • Simply the best book on Django. Whenever I am not sure if I am following the best practices, I look up the topic in this book. A must read. ~ Abu Ashraf Masnun, programmer
  • One reason why using Django is better than Rails or some Node framework is because of @pydanny and @audreyr's 2 scoops book! What a reference! ~ Lakshman Prasad, senior Python developer, educator, and speaker

What does the book cover?

Two Scoops of Django covers common best practices, including the following:

The Optimal Django Setup

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Tips, tricks, and tools for quickly setting up your Django project in the most optimal way.

Django Class-Based Views

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We were part of the massive rewrite of Django's official class-based view documentation. In the book we cover the gray area where the docs end and specific use cases begin.

Securing Your Django Projects

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Django has a good security record. Help keep it that way by learning how to lock down and secure your projects. Everything in this chapter is approved by third-party security experts.

Bottleneck Analysis

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Is your project running slow? We cover how to determine where bottlenecks exist and how to fix them.

Advanced Django Form Usage

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Daniel loves Django forms, and has written numerous articles and presentations on them. Gain a deeper understanding of forms through his detailed examples.

Settings and Requirements Files

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Manage your settings/dependencies for different environments such that 100% of settings and 0% of secret keys are in version control.

Model Inheritance

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We provide everything you need to know about concrete, abstract, and proxy models.

Yummy Queries!

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Stabilize your data with transactions, then read it with advanced query tools.

Tons of code examples!

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This book is loaded with code examples. We've gone the extra mile to put together great examples for you, and you can access them online.

Table of Contents

Here is a snapshot of the table of contents from Two Scoops of Django: Best Practices for Django 1.11.

  • Chapter 1: Coding Style
  • Chapter 2: The Optimal Django Environment Setup
  • Chapter 3: How to Lay Out Django Projects
  • Chapter 4: Fundamentals of Django App Design
  • Chapter 5: Settings and Requirements Files
  • Chapter 6: Model Best Practices
  • Chapter 7: Queries and the Database Layer
  • Chapter 8: Function- and Class-Based Views
  • Chapter 9: Best Practices for Function-Based Views
  • Chapter 10: Best Practices for Class-Based Views
  • Chapter 11: Form Fundamentals
  • Chapter 12: Common Patterns for Forms
  • Chapter 13: Templates: Best Practices
  • Chapter 14: Template Tags and Filters
  • Chapter 15: Django Templates and Jinja2
  • Chapter 16: Building REST APIs with Django REST Framework (NEW)
  • Chapter 17: Consuming REST APIs
  • Chapter 18: Tradeoffs of Replacing Core Components
  • Chapter 19: Working With the Django Admin
  • Chapter 20: Dealing with the User Model
  • Chapter 21: Django's Secret Sauce: Third-Party Packages
  • Chapter 22: Testing Chapter of Doom!
  • Chapter 23: Documentation: Be Obsessed
  • Chapter 24: Finding and Reducing Bottlenecks
  • Chapter 25: Security Best Practices
  • Chapter 26: Logging: What's It For, Anyway?
  • Chapter 27: Signals: Use Cases and Avoidance Techniques
  • Chapter 28: What About Those Random Utilities?
  • Chapter 29: Deployment: Platforms as a Service
  • Chapter 30: Deploying Django Projects
  • Chapter 31: Continuous Integration
  • Chapter 32: The Art of Debugging
  • Chapter 33: Where and How to Ask Django Questions
  • Chapter 34: Closing Thoughts
  • Appendix A: Packages Mentioned in This Book
  • Appendix B: Troubleshooting Installation
  • Appendix C: Additional Resources
  • Appendix D: Internationalization and Localization
  • Appendix E: Settings Alternatives
  • Appendix F: Advice for Python 2.7 Users (NEW)
  • Appendix G: Security Settings Reference
  • Appendix H: Handling Security Failures (NEW)
  • Appendix i: Channels and Websockets (NEW)
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

Why We Wrote This Book Series

After seeing other fellow developers struggle to get past the same sorts of basic hurdles in Django we had to overcome, we realized that much of the Django knowledge that we take for granted is not written down with examples anywhere.

We decided to take everything we know and write it down. Along the way, we learned even more from others and wrote those things down as well.

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