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title: "“How-to” guides"
version: 3.1
locale: en
source: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/
canonical: https://djangodocs.dev/en/3.1/howto/
---
# “How-to” guides

Here you’ll find short answers to “How do I….?” types of questions. These
how-to guides don’t cover topics in depth – you’ll find that material in the
[Using Django](/en/3.1/topics/) and the [API Reference](/en/3.1/ref/). However, these guides will help
you quickly accomplish common tasks.

- [Authentication using `REMOTE_USER`](/en/3.1/howto/auth-remote-user/)
- [Writing custom `django-admin` commands](/en/3.1/howto/custom-management-commands/)
- [Writing custom model fields](/en/3.1/howto/custom-model-fields/)
- [Custom Lookups](/en/3.1/howto/custom-lookups/)
- [Custom template backend](/en/3.1/howto/custom-template-backend/)
- [Custom template tags and filters](/en/3.1/howto/custom-template-tags/)
- [Writing a custom storage system](/en/3.1/howto/custom-file-storage/)
- [Deploying Django](/en/3.1/howto/deployment/)
- [Upgrading Django to a newer version](/en/3.1/howto/upgrade-version/)
- [Error reporting](/en/3.1/howto/error-reporting/)
- [Providing initial data for models](/en/3.1/howto/initial-data/)
- [Integrating Django with a legacy database](/en/3.1/howto/legacy-databases/)
- [Outputting CSV with Django](/en/3.1/howto/outputting-csv/)
- [Outputting PDFs with Django](/en/3.1/howto/outputting-pdf/)
- [Overriding templates](/en/3.1/howto/overriding-templates/)
- [Managing static files (e.g. images, JavaScript, CSS)](/en/3.1/howto/static-files/)
- [Deploying static files](/en/3.1/howto/static-files/deployment/)
- [How to install Django on Windows](/en/3.1/howto/windows/)
- [Writing database migrations](/en/3.1/howto/writing-migrations/)

> **See also**
>
> The [Django community aggregator](https://www.djangoproject.com/community/), where we aggregate content from the
> global Django community. Many writers in the aggregator write this sort of
> how-to material.