Certified Django Developer

Introduction to Django

• Web Framework
• MVC
• Django evolution

Getting Started

• Installation
• Database setup
• Project components and setup

The Basics of Dynamic Web Pages

• Dynamic content
• URLconfs and view mapping
• Django request handling process
• URL patterns and Errors

The Django Template System

• Template system basics
• Using template system
• Template tags and filters
• Template in views and loading

Interacting with a Database: Models

• The MTV pattern
• Database Configuration
• Model Definition and installation
• Data and schema access and management

The Django Administration Site

• Accessing and using the admin interface
• Customizing the admin interface

Form Processing

• Form creation and processing
• Validation Rules
• Customizing layout and formatting
• Forms from Models

Advanced Views and URLconfs

• Function Imports and multiple view prefixes
• Named Groups
• Extra Options to views
• Default View arguments
• Including other URLconfs

Generic Views

• Generic Views
• Extending Generic views

Extending the Template Engine

• RequestContext and Context Processors
• Extending Templates
• Custom Template Filters and Loaders

Generating Non-HTML Content

• Views and MIME-types
• Generate CSV and PDF
• RSS and Sitemap

Sessions, Users, and Registration

• Cookies
• Session Framework
• Users and Authentication
• Permissions, Groups, Messages, and Profiles

Caching

• Cache Setup
• Cache API
• Vary and Cache headers

Other Contributed Subframeworks

• The Django Standard Library
• Sites Framework
• Flatpages and Redirects
• CSRF Protection

Middleware

• Installation
• Methods
• Built-in Middleware

Integrating with Legacy Databases and Applications

• Using inspectdb
• Specifying Authentication Back-ends
• Integrating with Legacy Web Applications

Extending Django’s Admin Interface

• Customizing Admin Templates
• Custom Admin Views

Internationalization

• Standard Translation Functions
• Creating Language Files
• Django Language Preference
• Translations in JavaScript

Security

• SQL Injection
• Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
• Cross-Site Request Forgery
• Email Header Injection
• Directory Traversal
• Exposed Error Messages

Deploying Django

• Basic Configuration
• Multiple Django Installations
• Scaling, Load Balancing and Redundancy
• Performance Tuning