Marty Alchin - Pro Django, 2nd Edition

Pro Django

Second Edition

Marty Alchin

Pro Django

Copyright 2013 by Marty Alchin

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Contents at a Glance

Contents

About the Author

Marty Alchin has been working with the Web for 18 years, since Prodigy first launched its own browser. A veteran of the browser wars, he found a comfortable home on the server side of things, working with a number of languages and tools before finding Django in 2006. Since then, hes released several Django applications and a significant improvement to Djangos own file storage.

By day, he works as a senior software engineer with Walt Disney Animation Studios, and after that, he codes for fun and community. His blog can be found at http://martyalchin.com/ and he has profiles on many other services under the name Gulopine. In particular, his code can be found on GitHub and his random thoughts are on Twitter. He also accepts tips for his open source work at https://gittip.com/gulopine .

Lately, hes been working to keep some of the complexity of OAuth out your hair with https://foauth.org/ . With over 60 different services supported, its a convenient way to access your own data at your favorite services.

About the Technical Reviewers

Justin Abrahms is an engineer living in Portland, OR, who enjoys rock climbing, clean code and other assorted topics. You may reach him at justin@abrah.ms for any inquiries.