William S. Vincent Bücher

Learn how to build web APIs with Python and Django 2.2. Take a modern API-first approach to creating 3 different Django back-ends: a Library API, Todo API, and a Blog API with user authentication, permissions, proper documentation, and more. You'll even learn how to connect them to a React front-end for a truly full-stack web application. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Chapter 1: Web APIs Chapter 2: Library website and API Chapter 3: Todo API Chapter 4: Todo React Frontend Chapter 5: Blog API Chapter 6: Permissions Chapter 7: User Authentication Chapter 8: Viewsets and Routers Chapter 9: Schemas and Documentation Conclusion

Newly updated for Django 2.1 and Python 3.7. Django for Beginners takes you from total beginner to confident Django developer. Proceed step-by-step through five progressively more complex projects: from a Hello World app all the way to a robust Newspaper app with a custom user model, complete user authentication flow, foreign key relationships, and more. Learn current best practices around class-based views, templates, urls, user authentication, testing, and deployment. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction Chapter 1: Initial Setup Chapter 2: Hello World app Chapter 3: Pages app Chapter 4: Message Board app Chapter 5: Blog app Chapter 6: Forms Chapter 7: User Accounts Chapter 8: Custom User Model Chapter 9: User Authentication Chapter 10: Bootstrap Chapter 11: Password Change and Reset Chapter 12: Email Chapter 13: Newspaper app Chapter 14: Permissions and Authorizations Chapter 15: Comments Conclusion