Lightweight Django /

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Author / Creator:Elman, Julia.
Imprint:Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly Media, ©2015.
Description:xv, 226 pages : 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10123856
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Varying Form of Title:Lightweight Django using rest, websockets, & backbone.
Other authors / contributors:Lavin, Mark.
ISBN:149194594X
9781491945940
Notes:Includes index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Prerequisites
  • 1. The World's Smallest Django Project
  • Hello Django
  • Creating the View
  • The URL Patterns
  • The Settings
  • Running the Example
  • Improvements
  • WSGI Application
  • Additional Configuration
  • Reusable Template
  • 2. Stateless Web Application
  • Why Stateless?
  • Reusable Apps Versus Composable Services
  • Placeholder Image Server
  • Views
  • URL Patterns
  • Placeholder View
  • Image Manipulation
  • Adding Caching
  • Creating the Home Page View
  • Adding Static and Template Settings
  • Home Page Template and CSS
  • Completed Project
  • 3. Building a Static Site Generator
  • Creating Static Sites with Django
  • What Is Rapid Prototyping?
  • Initial Project Layout
  • File/Folder Scaffolding
  • Basic Settings
  • Page Rendering
  • Creating Our Base Templates
  • Static Page Generator
  • Basic Styling
  • Prototype Layouts and Navigation
  • Generating Static Content
  • Settings Configuration
  • Custom Management Command
  • Building a Single Page
  • Serving and Compressing Static Files
  • Hashing Our CSS and JavaScript Files
  • Compressing Our Static Files
  • Generating Dynamic Content
  • Updating Our Templates
  • Adding Metadata
  • 4. Building a REST API
  • Django and REST
  • Scrum Board Data Map
  • Initial Project Layout
  • Project Settings
  • No Django Admin?
  • Models
  • Designing the API
  • Sprint Endpoints
  • Task and User Endpoints
  • Connecting to the Router
  • Linking Resources
  • Testing Out the API
  • Using the Browsable API
  • Adding Filtering
  • Adding Validations
  • Using a Python Client
  • Next Steps
  • 5. Client-Side Django with Backbone.js
  • Brief Overview of Backbone
  • Setting Up Your Project Files
  • JavaScript Dependencies
  • Organization of Your Backbone Application Files
  • Connecting Backbone to Django
  • Client-Side Backbone Routing
  • Creating a Basic Home Page View
  • Setting Up a Minimal Router
  • Using template from Underscore.js
  • Building User Authentication
  • Creating a Session Model
  • Creating a Login View
  • Generic Form View
  • Authenticating Routes
  • Creating a Header View
  • 6. Single-Page Web Application
  • What Are Single-Page Web Applications?
  • Discovering the API
  • Fetching the API
  • Model Customizations
  • Collection Customizations
  • Building Our Home Page
  • Displaying the Current Sprints
  • Creating New Sprints
  • Sprint Detail Page
  • Rendering the Sprint
  • Routing the Sprint Detail
  • Using the Client State
  • Rendering the Tasks
  • AddTaskView
  • CRUD Tasks
  • Rendering Tasks Within a Sprint
  • Updating Tasks
  • Inline Edit Features
  • 7. Real-Time Django
  • HTML5 Real-Time APIs
  • Websockets
  • Server-Sent Events
  • WebRTC
  • Websockets with Tornado
  • Introduction to Tornado
  • Message Subscriptions
  • Client Communication
  • Minimal Example
  • Socket Wrapper
  • Glient Connection
  • Sending Events from the Client
  • Handling Events from the Client
  • Updating Task State
  • 8. Communication Between Django and Tornado
  • Receiving Updates in Tornado
  • Sending Updates from Django
  • Handling Updates on the Client
  • Server Improvements
  • Robust Subscriptions
  • Websocket Authentication
  • Better Updates
  • Secure Updates
  • Final Websocket Server
  • Index