Slides to give you a feel of django

1. DJANGO
-Harmeet

2. What is Django?
Django is a python-based web
framework.

3. What is a framework?
A web application framework (WAF) is a
software framework that is designed to support
the development of dynamic websites, web
applications, web services and web resources.

4. The MTV Design
 M-Models
 T-Templates
 V-View

5. Creating a Project
Move to the directory where you want to create the project
Type the following command in terminal
C:/Python27/Scripts/django-admin.py startproject myprojectname
Mysite/
manage.py
mysite/
__init__.py
settings.py
urls.py
wsgi.py

6. Settings.py
 Databases
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql',
'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
'NAME': '', # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
'USER': '', # Not used with sqlite3.
'PASSWORD': '', # Not used with sqlite3.
'HOST': '', # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with
sqlite3.
'PORT': '', # Set to empty string for default. Not used with
sqlite3.
}
}

7. Settings.py (contd…)
 Debug- is a boolean field and used to
decide if your project is running on debug
mode or not.

8. Creating an App
 Move inside your project directory
 Type the following in your terminal
python manage.py startapp appname
Your directory listing will look like
books/
__init__.py
admin.py
models.py
tests.py
views.py

9. View
 It is a python function that takes a request
parameter as its first argument.
 It always returns a response.
from django.http import HttpResponse
def hello(request):
#Your code goes here
return HttpResponse("Hello world")

10. URL(s)
 It is used to link up your view to a URL(s) typed in the
address bar.
 It is a mapping between URL(s) and view functions that
should be called for those URL(s)
from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, include, url
from mysite.views import hello
urlpatterns = patterns('',
url(r'^hello/$', hello),
)

11. Refrences
 https://www.djangoproject.com/
 https://www.djangobook.com
 http://www.tangowithdjango.com/

12. Django:
The Web framework for
perfectionists with deadlines
Thank you!