Introduction to Django

Django is the most popular web framework for Python and is used by many large websites, including Instagram, the Washington Post, Spotify, and Eventbrite. It is great for getting projects up and running quickly, with all the built-in functionality to ensure that it is up to modern security standards and can scale to accommodate your future needs. This is a beginner-friendly introduction to building web applications in Django, the Python web framework for perfectionists with deadlines. In it, you will get some hands-on experience—starting an app from scratch—as well as some example code for your future reference.

Learning objectives
Set up a Django project from scratch.
Understand the model-template-view architecture.
Learn core features, like the ORM, the admin view, and the templating engine.