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Django documentationLink to this heading#

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Everything you need to know about Django.

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First stepsLink to this heading#

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Are you new to Django or to programming? This is the place to start!

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Getting helpLink to this heading#

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Having trouble? We’d like to help!

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How the documentation is organizedLink to this heading#

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Django has a lot of documentation. A high-level overview of how it’s organized\nwill help you know where to look for certain things:

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The model layerLink to this heading#

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Django provides an abstraction layer (the “models”) for structuring and\nmanipulating the data of your Web application. Learn more about it below:

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The view layerLink to this heading#

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Django has the concept of “views” to encapsulate the logic responsible for\nprocessing a user’s request and for returning the response. Find all you need\nto know about views via the links below:

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The template layerLink to this heading#

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The template layer provides a designer-friendly syntax for rendering the\ninformation to be presented to the user. Learn how this syntax can be used by\ndesigners and how it can be extended by programmers:

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FormsLink to this heading#

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Django provides a rich framework to facilitate the creation of forms and the\nmanipulation of form data.

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The development processLink to this heading#

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Learn about the various components and tools to help you in the development and\ntesting of Django applications:

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The adminLink to this heading#

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Find all you need to know about the automated admin interface, one of Django’s\nmost popular features:

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SecurityLink to this heading#

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Security is a topic of paramount importance in the development of Web\napplications and Django provides multiple protection tools and mechanisms:

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Internationalization and localizationLink to this heading#

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Django offers a robust internationalization and localization framework to\nassist you in the development of applications for multiple languages and world\nregions:

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Performance and optimizationLink to this heading#

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There are a variety of techniques and tools that can help get your code running\nmore efficiently - faster, and using fewer system resources.

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Geographic frameworkLink to this heading#

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GeoDjango intends to be a world-class geographic\nWeb framework. Its goal is to make it as easy as possible to build GIS Web\napplications and harness the power of spatially enabled data.

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Common Web application toolsLink to this heading#

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Django offers multiple tools commonly needed in the development of Web\napplications:

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Other core functionalitiesLink to this heading#

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Learn about some other core functionalities of the Django framework:

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The Django open-source projectLink to this heading#

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Learn about the development process for the Django project itself and about how\nyou can contribute:

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