Lightweight Django

How can you take advantage of the Django framework to integrate complex client-side interactions and real-time features into your web applications? Through a series of rapid application development projects, this hands-on book shows experienced Django developers how to include REST APIs, WebSockets, and client-side MVC frameworks such as Backbone.js into new or existing projects.Learn how to make the most of Djangos decoupled design by choosing the components you need to build the lightweight applications you want. Once you finish this book, youll know how to build single-page applications that respond to interactions in real time. If youre familiar with Python and JavaScript, youre good to go.Learn a lightweight approach for starting a new Django projectBreak reusable applications into smaller services that communicate with one anotherCreate a static, rapid prototyping site as a scaffold for websites and applicationsBuild a REST API with django-rest-frameworkLearn how to use Django with the Backbone.js MVC frameworkCreate a single-page web application on top of your REST APIIntegrate real-time features with WebSockets and the Tornado networking libraryUse the books code-driven examples in your own projects