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Django 2 by Example

By : Antonio Melé
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Django 2 by Example

By: Antonio Melé

Overview of this book

If you want to learn the entire process of developing professional web applications with Django 2, then this book is for you. You will walk through the creation of four professional Django 2 projects, teaching you how to solve common problems and implement best practices. You will learn how to build a blog application, a social image bookmarking website, an online shop and an e-learning platform. The book will teach you how to enhance your applications with AJAX, create RESTful APIs and set up a production environment for your Django 2 projects. The book walks you through the creation of real-world applications, solving common problems, and implementing best practices. By the end of this book, you will have a deep understanding of Django 2 and how to build advanced web applications.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Exporting orders to CSV files

Sometimes, you might want to export the information contained in a model to a file so that you can import it in any other system. One of the most widely used formats to export/import data is Comma-Separated Values (CSV). A CSV file is a plain text file consisting of a number of records. There is usually one record per line, and some delimiter character, usually a literal comma, separates the record fields. We are going to customize the administration site to be able to export orders to CSV files.

Adding custom actions to the administration site

Django offers you a wide range of options to customize the administration site. We are going to modify the object list view to include a custom admin action...