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

This book offers over 70 practical recipes to help you create scalable websites using the Django 1.8 framework. It covers new features added in this version and includes recipes of varying complexities for building multilingual, responsive, and scalable sites. Aimed at intermediate and professional Django users, it enhances your skills in developing models, forms, views, and templates. You will learn to configure a Django project, build a database structure with reusable model mixins, manage forms and views, and create reusable template filters and tags. The book also guides you in integrating functionality into the Django CMS, managing hierarchical structures with MPTT, and importing/exporting data from local sources and external web services. Additionally, it covers implementing multilingual search with Haystack and efficient project testing and deployment. Django is designed for rapid development and high performance, capable of handling applications with significant user traffic and integrating with large databases. This task-based approach simplifies collecting data from various sources and presenting it in different formats. You will start by setting up a virtual environment, writing reusable code for models, managing database schema changes, and working with forms and views. The book concludes with programming and debugging tips, as well as guidance on testing and deploying your project. By the end, you will have a so