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Introduction to Django

Features of Django

MVT vs MVC Architecture

Installing Python and Django

Creating a Virtual Environment

Creating a Django Project

Project Structure Overview

Running the Development Server

Creating and Adding Django Apps

Understanding urls.py

path() and re_path() Functions

Using include() for Modular URL Management

Function-Based Views (FBVs)

Class-Based Views (CBVs)

Understanding HttpResponse, render(), and redirect()

Returning HTML and JSON Responses

Django Template Engine Overview

Template Inheritance in Django

Using Variables, Filters & Template Tags

Handling Static Files (CSS, JS, Images)

Defining Models in models.py

Common Field Types - Django Models

Creating & Applying Migrations

Using Django ORM to Interact with Database

Enabling the Django Admin Site

Registering Models in admin.py

Customizing Django Admin List View

Creating Forms Using forms.Form & forms.ModelForm

Rendering Forms in Django Templates

Handling Form Submissions

Form Validation & Error Handling

CSRF Protection

Model Relationships in Django

QuerySet Filtering in Django

Aggregation & Annotation

Model Managers & Custom Queries

Using Django’s Built-in User Model

Login, Logout & Signup

Password Hashing, Change & Reset

Decorators like @login_required

Using LoginRequiredMixin in CBVs

Custom User Model in Django

Introduction to CBVs

Common Generic Views in Django

Using Mixins in Django

Overriding CBV Methods

Managing STATIC_URL & STATICFILES_DIRS

Configuring MEDIA_URL & MEDIA_ROOT

Uploading and Serving Media Files

Displaying Flash Messages in Django

Using Messages in Django Templates

Introduction to Signals in Django

Common Django Signals

Connecting Signals with Models

Django Middleware

Built-in Middleware Classes

Writing & Adding Custom Middleware

Working with Request & Response Objects

Installing and Setting Up Django REST Framework

Creating Serializers in Django REST Framework

API Views: APIView, GenericAPIView, ViewSet

Using Routers in Django REST Framework

Authentication: Token & JWT

Permissions & Throttling in Django REST Framework

Browsable API & Testing in Django REST Framework

Testing in Django REST Framework

Unit Testing with unittest & pytest in DRF

Testing Models, Views & Forms in DRF

Using Django’s Test Client

Preparing Settings for Production in Django

Deploying Django with Gunicorn, Nginx & Supervisor

Hosting Platforms for Django

Managing Secrets in Django with .env Files

Importance of Caching

Types of Caching: Per-View, Template, Low-Level

Setting Up Redis or Memcached with Django

Asynchronous Views (`async def`)

Django Channels & WebSockets

Celery for Background Tasks

Signals + Celery Combo

Multi-Database Setup in Django

Multi-Tenant Applications

Internationalization (i18n) & Localization (l10n) in Django

CSRF Protection in Django

Preventing XSS & SQL Injection in Django

Enforcing HTTPS in Django

Production-Ready Security Settings in Django

Rate Limiting & Throttling in Django