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Django has a lot of documentation. A high-level overview of how it’s organized will help you know where to look for certain things: Tutorials take you by the hand through a series of steps to create a web application.
Getting started ¶. New to Django? Or to web development in general? Well, you came to the right place: read this material to quickly get up and running. Django at a glance. Quick install guide. Writing your first Django app, part 1. Writing your first Django app, part 2. Writing your first Django app, part 3. Writing your first Django app, part 4.
5.0. Models ¶. A model is the single, definitive source of information about your data. It contains the essential fields and behaviors of the data you’re storing. Generally, each model maps to a single database table. The basics: Each model is a Python class that subclasses django.db.models.Model.
This tutorial is written for Django 5.0, which supports Python 3.10 and later. If the Django version doesn’t match, you can refer to the tutorial for your version of Django by using the version switcher at the bottom right corner of this page, or update Django to the newest version.
Django documentation contents. ¶. Getting started. Django at a glance. Design your model. Install it. Enjoy the free API. A dynamic admin interface: it’s not just scaffolding – it’s the whole house. Design your URLs.
When you’re ready to start a project, you can start with the tutorial or dive right into more detailed documentation. Design your model ¶. Although you can use Django without a database, it comes with an object-relational mapper in which you describe your database layout in Python code.
Django uses request and response objects to pass state through the system. When a page is requested, Django creates an HttpRequest object that contains metadata about the request. Then Django loads the appropriate view, passing the HttpRequest as the first argument to the view function.
Introductions to all the key parts of Django you’ll need to know: How to install Django. Install Python. Install Apache and mod_wsgi. Get your database running. Install the Django code. Models and databases. Making queries. Aggregation. Search. Managers. Performing raw SQL queries. Database transactions. Multiple databases. Tablespaces.
A Django template is a text document or a Python string marked-up using the Django template language. Some constructs are recognized and interpreted by the template engine. The main ones are variables and tags. A template is rendered with a context.
About this document. This document provides an introduction to the basics of web forms and how they are handled in Django. For a more detailed look at specific areas of the forms API, see The Forms API, Form fields, and Form and field validation.
