2. Django
The Web framework for perfectionists with
deadlines.

3. Written in Python (http://python.org).
Developed by a newspaper company.

5. Released publicly under a BSD license in July 2005

6. 3 Sept., 2008 Django 1.0
was released!

8. Django’s Goal
To create complex database driven websites.
Reusability of Code or Pluggability.
Rapid development.
DRY (Do not Repeat Yourself).

9. What does Django’s Core
Include
Database Abstraction Layer
Views
Templates
URL Schema

10. MTV
Model
Template
View

11. Django MVC
Model Model
Views and Templates View
URL Controller

12. Model
Takes Python Code

14. Model
and Coverts it to SQL

16. Basic Meta
URL’s

18. Also does business logic

21. Managers
Post.objects.all() - Return all posts
Post.objects.get(pk=1) - Return only the post with the
private key of 1
Post.objects.filter(title__contains=’TLUG’) - Return the
posts with ‘TLUG’ in the title.

22. Custom Managers

23. View
Contains the business logic for the page

26. Generic Views
Paginated Results
Handles HTTP 404 for us

29. URL
Controller

31. Regular Expressions

34. Template

36. Django’s Contribution
Administration Interface
Authentication
Comments
GIS (Geographic Information System)
Multiple Sites
Syndication Built in - RDF 0.9, RSS 2.0, and Atom
Google Sitemap
and more

37. Demo Time

38. Pluggable
Separate applications for everything.
Blog
Tumblelog
Photos
Wiki

39. Search Django on Google
Code

40. Deployment
mod_python
FastCGI
wsgi compatible web server
mod_wsgi
CherryPy

41. mod_python
<Location />
SetHandler python-program
PythonPath “[‘/path/to/project’] + sys.path”
PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython
SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE blog.settings
PythonDebug Off
</Location>

42. Scaling