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Two Scoops of Django: Best Practices For Django 1.6

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Two Scoops of Django: Best Practices For Django 1.6 is chock-full of even more 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.

We have put thousands of hours into the second edition of the book, writing and revising its material to include over 130 new pages of concise, example-packed text containing 5 new chapters and 3 new appendices.

What is everyone saying about Two Scoops of Django?

  • I read the first edition cover to cover. The second one raises the bar again. It's pedagogical, entertaining, and thoughtful. -- Aymeric Augustin, Django core developer. It's basically a 446 page checklist to getting your Django code right ~ Kevin A Stone, author of the Django Rest Framework and Angular Tutorial Whether you're a Django beginner or a seasoned veteran, I recommend you get this book, and read it cover to cover, and keep it near you for easy reference. --Ken Cochrane, Django developer since 2008
  • A single read-through of Two Scoops of Django gave me so many lightbulbs and tips; I had to go back for a second helping. -- Lynn Root, Spotify engineer, PSF Director, and PyLadies ambassador. Make sure you have your favorite project next to you while reading. You'll be doing some rewriting. -- Bryan Veloso, GitHubber, PyCon PH Keynote Speaker 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" This book should prove to be an amazing resource for any new-to-Django developer that picks it up. -- Kenneth Love, Creator of "Getting Started with Django" This is the book I wished had existed and I could have read when I started learning Django. -- Barry Morrison, Linux systems engineer and Django developer

Author(s): Daniel Greenfeld, Audrey Roy
Edition: 2
Publisher: Two Scoops Press
Year: 2014

Language: English
Pages: 446

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Coding Conventions
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: Database/Model Best Practices
Chapter 7: Function-and Class-Based Views
Chapter 8: Best Practices for Function-Based Views
Chapter 9: Best Practices for Class-Based Views
Chapter 10: Common Patterns for Forms
Chapter 11: More Things To Know About Forms
Chapter 12: Templates: Best Practices
Chapter 13: Template Tags and Filters
Chapter 14: Building REST APIs
Chapter 15: Consuming REST APIs in Templates
Chapter 16: Tradeoffs of Replacing Core Components
Chapter 17: Working With the Django Admin
Chapter 18: Dealing with the User Model
Chapter 19: Django's Secret Sauce: Third-Party Packages
Chapter 20: Testing Chapter of Doom!
Chapter 21: Documentation: Be Obsessed
Chapter 22: Finding and Reducing Bottlenecks
Chapter 23: Security Best Practices
Chapter 24: Logging: Tips and Tools
Chapter 25: Signals: Use Cases and Avoidance Techniques
Chapter 26: What About Those Random Utilities?
Chapter 27: Deployment: Platforms as a Service
Chapter 28: Deploying Django Projects
Chapter 29: Identical Environments: The Holy Grail
Chapter 30: Continuous Integration
Chapter 31: Where and How to Ask Django Questions
Chapter 32: Closing Thoughts
Appendix A: Packages Mentioned In This Book
Appendix B: Troubleshooting
Appendix C: Additional Resources
Appendix D: Internationalization and Localization
Appendix E: Settings Alternatives
Appendix F: Working with Python 3