An Intro to

Kartik Singhal

ks@uchicago.edu

Outline

• What?
• Why?
• Who?
• How?
• Tutorial
• Resources

What is Django?

• A Web Application Framework
• Free and Open Source Software
• Written in 🐍 (Python)
• With good extensive docs
• A friendly large community

Why Django?

• Build web applications in a matter of hours
• Takes care of a lot of cruft so you can focus on building your app without reinventing the wheel 
• Comes with batteries included
  • user authentication
  • content administration
  • site maps
  • RSS feeds
  • and lots more…

Who uses Django?

How does Django work?

Tutorial

A Poll App

http://bit.ly/poll122

expands to

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/intro/tutorial01/

Resources to Learn More

• Official Documentation: https://docs.djangoproject.com
• Other Tutorials:
  • Django Girls: https://tutorial.djangogirls.org/en/
  • Mozilla: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Server-side/Django
• Books:
  • Two Scoops of Django 1.11: Best Practices for the Django Web Framework
• Awesome Django: http://awesome-django.com