Try It Yourself

When you're ready to roll up your sleeves and get some hands-on experience, look for one of the more than 90 "Try It Yourself" mini-lessons that provide step-by-step walkthroughs of key Django tasks and techniques.

HOUR 1: Understanding Django
Install the Released Version of Django	15
Install the Development Version of Django	15
HOUR 2: Creating Your First Website
Create Your First Django Project	20
Start the Development Server	21
Create the Database and Grant Rights	23
Configure Django to Access the iFriends Database	25
Synchronize the iFriends Project to the iFriends Database	26
Create Your First Application	27
Create a Model for the People Application	28
Activate the Person Model	29
Add a Person Object to the iFriends Database	30
Add an URL Pattern to Use for a People View	32
Create the Index View for the People Application	33
HOUR 3: Adding Models and Objects to Your Website
Install the Admin Interface as an Application	38
Add Admin Access to the URLconf File	39
Activate the People Model in the Admin Interface	41
Add and Modify an Object Using the Admin Interface	43
Add Fields to a Model	48
Add Options to Fields in a Model	53
Add Many-to-One and Many-to-Many Relationships to a Model	57
HOUR 4: Creating the Initial Views
Add a New URL Pattern to the URLconf File	69
Add a Named Expression to a URL Pattern	74
HOUR 5: Using Data from the Database in Views
Add an Object to the SQL Database	83
Retrieve Objects from the Database	88
Perform Queries on the Database	95
Display Data from the Database in Views	97
HOUR 6: Configuring Web Page Views
Pass Extra Options to the View Function from the URLconf File	104
Add a View Prefix to an URLconf File	109
Add a URLconf File to Your Django Project	111
HOUR 7: Implementing Django Templates to Create Custom Views
Create and Configure a Template Directory for a Project	118
Create an HTML Template for a Details View	124
Render a Web Page from a Template	127
Add a Base Template to Your Website	131
Embed a Template File in Another Template	134
HOUR 8: Using Built-in Template Tags to Enhance Views
Use a for Loop to Render a List of Objects	141
Use if Logic to Determine the View Content	146
Add Dynamic Links to a Template	148
HOUR 9: Using Built-in Template Filters to Enhance Views
Add Text Formatting Filters to Templates	163
Apply a Filter to a List Object	169
Format Date and Time Variables in a Template	178
HOUR 10: Adding Forms to Views
Render a Form as HTML	191
Create and Render a Form for a Model	197
Create and Generate a Customized Form	203
HOUR 11: Using Views to Add and Update Data in the Database
Handle GET and POST Requests in a View	210
Retrieve and Validate the Data from a POST Request	217
Save Form Data to the Database	220
Add New Objects to the Database Using Form Data	222
Hour 12: Utilizing Generic Views
Use a Generic View to Display a List of Objects	239
Use a Generic View to Display Object Details	243
Use a Generic View to Display a Date-Based Index of Objects	248
Use a Generic View to Implement an Object Creation Form	255
Use a Generic View to Implement an Object Update Form	260
Use a Generic View to Implement an Object Deletion Form	263
Hour 13: Advanced View Configurations
Create a Templatetags Application to Implement Custom Tags and Filters	271
Create a Custom Template Filter	273
Create a Custom Tag That Retrieves and SetsContext Variables	280
Create an Inclusion Tag to Generate a Set of Navigation Links	285
Hour 14: Managing Site Users
Add a User Object from a View Function	298
Create a Group and Assign Users to It	305
Create and Set Custom Permissions	309
Hour 15: Adding Website Security
Implement a User Login Page	315
Add Logout Functionality to Your Website	319
Verify Authentication in Templates and Views	321
Use User Permissions to Limit Access in Views and Templates	327
Hour 16: Managing Sessions and Cookies
Configure the Session Manager	336
Implement Test Cookies to Verify That the Browser Will Support Cookies	337
Set and Retrieve Session Data	340
Hour 17: Customizing Models in the Admin Interface
Configure the List Display for a Model in the Admin Interface	348
Configure the List Filters for a Model in the Admin Interface	350
Configure Date Hierarchy Navigation for a Model in the Admin Interface	352
Configure a List Search for a Model in the Admin Interface	354
Configure Add and Update Forms for a Model in the Admin Interface	357
Configure an Inline Model in the Admin Interface	359
Hour 18: Customizing the Admin Interface
Override the base_site.html Template	367
Create a Custom Admin View	369
Override Admin Templates at the Application and Object Level	374
Override the Admin Logout URL	378
Hour 19: Implementing Middleware
Create and Install a Request Preprocessor Middleware Application	386
Create and Install a View Preprocessor Middleware Application	390
Create and Install a Response Postprocessor Middleware Application	394
Create and Install an Exception Postprocessor Middleware Application	399
Hour 20: Internationalization and Localization
Add a Localized String to a Python View Function	409
Add a Localized String to an HTML Template File	412
Create a Language File	415
Set Language Preference in a Session	417
Hour 21: Creating Sitemaps
Create and Enable a Sitemap	426
Create and Enable a Sitemap for Generic Views	429
Implement a Sitemap Index	432
Hour 22: Implementing Multiple Websites
Create Multiple Site Objects	438
Define a Model That Allows Access from Multiple Sites	439
Define a Model That Limits Access to One Site	441
Modify a View's Behavior and Content Based on the Site	443
Hour 23: Configuring Caching
Enable a Database Backend for Caching	455
Implement Caching at the Site Level	457
Cache and Retrieve a Specific Object Using the Cache API	459
Hour 24: Deploying Django
Deploy a Django Project	468