Lynda - Django: 2 Building a Social Website

Size: 344 MB | Duration: 2h 21m | Video: AVC (.mp4) 1280x720 15fps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 2ch

Genre: eLearning | Level: Advanced | Language: English

Django—a powerful Python web framework—offers a comprehensive set of tools to build scalable web applications. In this course, learn how to leverage the features of Django by building a social website, sharing content in that website, and tracking user actions. Antonio Mele de Juan walks through the creation of a social website to help you grasp the basics of how this framework works. He covers topics such as adding Ajax actions with jQuery, and using Redis to create a ranking of the most viewed images in your platform. As Antonio helps you tackle this project, he explains how to solve common problems and implement best practices.

Topics include:

* Building a social website

* Sharing content in your website

* Creating an image bookmarking website

* Adding Ajax actions with jQuery

* Tracking user actions

* Using Redis to store item views