If you want to learn Django by doing, this book is for you.

Django 5 By Example is the fifth edition of the best-selling franchise that helps you build real-world web apps. This book will walk you through planning and creation, solving common problems, and implementing best practices using a step-by-step approach.

You’ll cover a wide range of web application development topics through four different projects: a blog application, a social website, an e-commerce application, and an e-learning platform. Pick up what’s new in Django 5 as you build end-to-end Python web apps, follow detailed project plans, and understand the hows and whys of Django.

This is a practical and approachable book that will have you creating web apps quickly.

What you will learn
Use different modules of the Django framework to solve specific problems
Integrate third-party Django applications into your project
Build complex web applications using Redis, Postgres, Celery/RabbitMQ, and Memcached
Set up a production environment for your projects with Docker Compose
Build a RESTful API with Django Rest Framework (DRF)
Implement advanced functionalities, such as full-text search engines, user activity streams, payment gateways, and recommendation engines
Build real-time asynchronous (ASGI) apps with Django Channels and WebSockets