Getting help¶

Having trouble? We’d like to help!

• Try the FAQ – it’s got answers to many common questions.
• Looking for specific information? Try the Index, Module Index or the detailed table of contents.
• Search for information in the archives of the django-users mailing list, or post a question.
• Ask a question in the #django IRC channel, or search the IRC logs to see if its been asked before.
• Report bugs with Django in our ticket tracker.

First steps¶

• From scratch: Overview | Installation
• Tutorial: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

The model layer¶

• Models: Model syntax | Field types | Meta options
• QuerySets: Executing queries | QuerySet method reference
• Model instances: Instance methods | Accessing related objects
• Advanced: Managers | Raw SQL | Transactions | Custom fields
• Other: Supported databases | Legacy databases | Providing initial data

The template layer¶

• For designers: Syntax overview | Built-in tags and filters
• For programmers: Template API | Custom tags and filters

The view layer¶

• The basics: URLconfs | View functions | Shortcuts
• Reference: Request/response objects
• File uploads: Overview | File objects | Storage API | Managing files | Custom storage
• Advanced: Generic views | Generating CSV | Generating PDF
• Middleware: Overview | Built-in middleware classes

Forms¶

• The basics: Overview | Form API | Built-in fields | Built-in widgets
• Advanced: Forms for models | Integrating media | Formsets | Customizing validation
• Extras: Form preview | Form wizard

The development process¶

• Settings: Overview | Full list of settings
• django-admin.py and manage.py: Overview | Adding custom commands
• Testing: Overview
• Deployment: Overview | Apache/mod_python | FastCGI/SCGI/AJP | Apache authentication | Serving static files | Tracking code errors by e-mail

Other batteries included¶

• Admin site
• Authentication
• Cache system
• Comments
• Content types
• Cross Site Request Forgery protection
• Databrowse
• E-mail (sending)
• Flatpages
• Humanize
• Internationalization
• Jython support
• “Local flavor”
• Pagination
• Redirects
• Serialization
• Sessions
• Signals
• Sitemaps
• Sites
• Syndication feeds (RSS/Atom)
• Unicode in Django
• Web design helpers

The Django open-source project¶

• Community: How to get involved | The release process | Team of committers
• Design philosophies: Overview
• Documentation: About this documentation
• Third-party distributions: Overview
• Django over time: API stability | Archive of release notes | Backwards-incompatible changes