The Django Jigsaw Puzzle: Aligning All the Pieces with Will Vincent - DjangoCon US 2022

Django Testing

"Aligning Django's puzzle pieces: learn how to effectively build with the framework's components, from views to templates, middleware to internationalization, at DjangoCon US 2022."

Key takeaways

avoid using pythonmanage.py in favor of the settings module
learn Django iteratively, don’t try to understand everything at once
the Django framework is built of smaller pieces, like a jigsaw puzzle
the request-response cycle is the core of Django
- it starts with views.py, which handles HTTP requests
- uses models to interact with databases
- uses templates to render HTML
- uses URL routing to match URLs to views
middleware is a hook into the request-response cycle
the Django admin is a powerful tool, but can be overwhelming
testing is crucial; use pytest instead of the default Django testing
templates are easy to customize; use Jinja or React if needed
static files can be tricky; use whizgee to optimize and serve statically generated files
avoid using startapp and startproject commands; instead, create a new project and app levels
internationalization and localization are powerful features; use ugettext and format functions to translate
the order of operations in the request-response cycle is: client -> web server -> whizgee server -> Django app

The Django Jigsaw Puzzle: Aligning All the Pieces with Will Vincent - DjangoCon US 2022

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