Practical Django 2 and Channels 2

Learn how to rapidly build your own ecommerce site by applying Djangös battle-tested components. This book demonstrates Djangös features and conventions to help you develop modern web applications quickly. You'll adopt a "learn by doing" approach and gain a deeper understanding Django by working through a project in which the real-time component will be critical.The book starts with the basics and explains the difference between a Django project and a Django app, the most important settings, how to change them, and the fundamentals of packaging. You'll then be introduced to all the standard tools of Django, along with a sample project. The book then moves on to Channels, a recent addition to the Django ecosystem. It extends the framework with support for real-time operations such as Websockets and other asynchronous features.Practical Django 2 and Channels 2 provides the practical concepts needed to create complex, database-driven websitesas easily as possible.

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Chapter 01: Introduction to Django and basic concepts.- Chapter 02: Getting started with a simple company site.- Chapter 03: Adding the product catalogue to the site.- Chapter 04: A checkout system for receiving orders online.- Chapter 05: Adding CSS/Javascript to our Django project.- Chapter 06: Using external libraries in our project.- Chapter 07: Making an internal dashboard for the company.- Chapter 08: : Backend for a mobile customer service app (using Channels: Chapter 09: Mobile customer service app (using websockets).- Chapter 10: How to deploy Django sites.