Part 3 – Advanced Django Components

In this part, you will be introduced to more advanced components of the Django framework. While the Django REST Framework is a completely separate package, it is a dependency that is made specifically to extend onto the Django framework, allowing us to build an API. You will learn about how the REST framework is used in a Django environment and how it can be used in combination with the Django template language. This part will also introduce packages used to test classes and methods found throughout a Django project, allowing developers to write custom test scripts. Lastly, you will learn about how to optimize database queries and manage data within a project.

This part comprises the following chapters:

• Chapter 8, Working with the Django REST Framework
• Chapter 9, Django Testing
• Chapter 10, Database Management