Bendoraitis - Web development with Django cookbook : over 90 practical recipes to help you create scalable websites using the Django 1.8 framework

Aidas Bendoraitis has been professionally working with web technologies for over a decade. Over the past nine years at a Berlin-based company, studio 38 pure communication GmbH, he has developed a number of small-scale and large-scale Django projectsmostly in the cultural areatogether with a creative team. At the moment, he is also working as a software architect at a London-based mobile startup, Hype.

Aidas regularly attends meetups of Django User Group Berlin, occasionally visits Django and Python conferences, and writes a weblog about Django: http://djangotricks.blogspot.com/.

I would like to thank my wife, Sofja, for her support and patience while I was writing this book, even during late evenings and weekends. I would also like to thank studio 38 pure communication GmbH and namely Reinhard Knobelspies for introducing Django to me nine years ago. Finally, I would like to thank Vilnius University in Lithuania for teaching the main programming concepts, without which I wouldn't be working in the positions I currently have.

Patrick Chan is a device and configuration management SME (subject matter expert), working in the telecommunication industry. His experience in Python has been instrumental in developing build systems that have not only increased developer productivity, but would also ensure operational reliability by automating software releases.

Jake Kronika is a passionate full-stack developer with over 20 years of experience. Jake's career grew alongside the evolution of the web development space. Starting with GeoCities and Angelfire, his skills have gradually expanded from simple HTML and copy and paste scripts to encapsulate a deep understanding of CSS. JavaScript skills that span core ECMAScript standards as well as numerous client-side libraries and powerful frameworks, such as Node.js and AngularJS; scripting languages including Python and PHP; and various databases, MySQL and PostgreSQL among them.

Jake is currently senior software engineer with CDK Global Digital Marketing wing and a PHP developer with Webkey LLC. Outside these roles, Jake also operates a sole proprietorship through which he provides services spanning the full spectrum of web administration, design, and development.

In addition to his professional career experience, Jake has acted as a reviewer for numerous other Packt titles, such as Django JavaScript Integration: AJAX and jQuery (2011), jQuery UI 1.8: The User Interface Library for jQuery (2011), jQuery Tools UI Library (2012), and Developing Responsive Web Applications with AJAX and jQuery (2014).

I would like to thank my family for their ongoing love and support.

Jorge Armin Garcia Lopez is a very passionate information security consultant from Mexico with more than seven years of experience in computer security, penetration testing, intrusion detection/prevention, malware analysis, and incident response. He is the head of GCS-CERT. He is also a security researcher at Cipher Storm Ltd and is the cofounder and CEO of the most important security conference in Mexico, called BugCON. He holds important security industry certifications such as OSCP, GCIA, and GPEN.

He loves reviewing code and books about information security and programming languages. He has worked on the books Penetration Testing with Backbox , Penetration Testing with the Bash Shell , Learning OpenStack Networking (Neutron) , Django Essentials , and Getting Started with Django, all by Packt Publishing.

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Preface

Django framework is relatively easy to learn and it solves many web-related questions, such as project structure, database object-relational mapping, templating, form validation, sessions, authentication, security, cookie management, internationalization, basic administration, interface to access data from scripts, and so on. Django is based on the Python programming language, where the code is clear and easy to read. Also, Django has a lot of third-party modules that can be used in conjunction with your own apps. Django has an established and vibrant community, where you can find source code, get help, and contribute.