8 .. rubric:: Everything you need to know about Django (and then some).
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18 the :doc:`detailed table of contents <contents>`.
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38 :doc:`Overview <intro/overview>` |
39 :doc:`Installation <intro/install>`
42 :doc:`Part 1 <intro/tutorial01>` |
43 :doc:`Part 2 <intro/tutorial02>` |
44 :doc:`Part 3 <intro/tutorial03>` |
45 :doc:`Part 4 <intro/tutorial04>`
51 :doc:`Model syntax <topics/db/models>` |
52 :doc:`Field types <ref/models/fields>` |
53 :doc:`Meta options <ref/models/options>`
56 :doc:`Executing queries <topics/db/queries>` |
57 :doc:`QuerySet method reference <ref/models/querysets>`
59 * **Model instances:**
60 :doc:`Instance methods <ref/models/instances>` |
61 :doc:`Accessing related objects <ref/models/relations>`
64 :doc:`Managers <topics/db/managers>` |
65 :doc:`Raw SQL <topics/db/sql>` |
66 :doc:`Transactions <topics/db/transactions>` |
67 :doc:`Aggregation <topics/db/aggregation>` |
68 :doc:`Custom fields <howto/custom-model-fields>` |
69 :doc:`Multiple databases <topics/db/multi-db>`
72 :doc:`Supported databases <ref/databases>` |
73 :doc:`Legacy databases <howto/legacy-databases>` |
74 :doc:`Providing initial data <howto/initial-data>` |
75 :doc:`Optimize database access <topics/db/optimization>`
81 :doc:`Syntax overview <topics/templates>` |
82 :doc:`Built-in tags and filters <ref/templates/builtins>`
84 * **For programmers:**
85 :doc:`Template API <ref/templates/api>` |
86 :doc:`Custom tags and filters <howto/custom-template-tags>`
92 :doc:`URLconfs <topics/http/urls>` |
93 :doc:`View functions <topics/http/views>` |
94 :doc:`Shortcuts <topics/http/shortcuts>` |
95 :doc:`Decorators <topics/http/decorators>`
98 :doc:`Request/response objects <ref/request-response>` |
99 :doc:`TemplateResponse objects <ref/template-response>`
102 :doc:`Overview <topics/http/file-uploads>` |
103 :doc:`File objects <ref/files/file>` |
104 :doc:`Storage API <ref/files/storage>` |
105 :doc:`Managing files <topics/files>` |
106 :doc:`Custom storage <howto/custom-file-storage>`
109 :doc:`Overview<topics/class-based-views>` |
110 :doc:`Built-in generic views<ref/class-based-views>`
113 :doc:`Generating CSV <howto/outputting-csv>` |
114 :doc:`Generating PDF <howto/outputting-pdf>`
117 :doc:`Overview <topics/http/middleware>` |
118 :doc:`Built-in middleware classes <ref/middleware>`
124 :doc:`Overview <topics/forms/index>` |
125 :doc:`Form API <ref/forms/api>` |
126 :doc:`Built-in fields <ref/forms/fields>` |
127 :doc:`Built-in widgets <ref/forms/widgets>`
130 :doc:`Forms for models <topics/forms/modelforms>` |
131 :doc:`Integrating media <topics/forms/media>` |
132 :doc:`Formsets <topics/forms/formsets>` |
133 :doc:`Customizing validation <ref/forms/validation>`
136 :doc:`Form preview <ref/contrib/formtools/form-preview>` |
137 :doc:`Form wizard <ref/contrib/formtools/form-wizard>`
139 The development process
140 =======================
143 :doc:`Overview <topics/settings>` |
144 :doc:`Full list of settings <ref/settings>`
147 :doc:`Overview <ref/exceptions>`
149 * **django-admin.py and manage.py:**
150 :doc:`Overview <ref/django-admin>` |
151 :doc:`Adding custom commands <howto/custom-management-commands>`
153 * **Testing:** :doc:`Overview <topics/testing>`
156 :doc:`Overview <howto/deployment/index>` |
157 :doc:`WSGI servers <howto/deployment/wsgi/index>` |
158 :doc:`FastCGI/SCGI/AJP <howto/deployment/fastcgi>` |
159 :doc:`Apache/mod_python (deprecated) <howto/deployment/modpython>` |
160 :doc:`Apache authentication <howto/apache-auth>` |
161 :doc:`Handling static files <howto/static-files>` |
162 :doc:`Tracking code errors by email <howto/error-reporting>`
164 Other batteries included
165 ========================
167 * :doc:`Admin site <ref/contrib/admin/index>` | :doc:`Admin actions <ref/contrib/admin/actions>` | :doc:`Admin documentation generator<ref/contrib/admin/admindocs>`
168 * :doc:`Authentication <topics/auth>`
169 * :doc:`Cache system <topics/cache>`
170 * :doc:`Clickjacking protection <ref/clickjacking>`
171 * :doc:`Comments <ref/contrib/comments/index>` | :doc:`Moderation <ref/contrib/comments/moderation>` | :doc:`Custom comments <ref/contrib/comments/custom>`
172 * :doc:`Conditional content processing <topics/conditional-view-processing>`
173 * :doc:`Content types and generic relations <ref/contrib/contenttypes>`
174 * :doc:`Cross Site Request Forgery protection <ref/contrib/csrf>`
175 * :doc:`Cryptographic signing <topics/signing>`
176 * :doc:`Databrowse <ref/contrib/databrowse>`
177 * :doc:`E-mail (sending) <topics/email>`
178 * :doc:`Flatpages <ref/contrib/flatpages>`
179 * :doc:`GeoDjango <ref/contrib/gis/index>`
180 * :doc:`Humanize <ref/contrib/humanize>`
181 * :doc:`Internationalization <topics/i18n/index>`
182 * :doc:`Jython support <howto/jython>`
183 * :doc:`"Local flavor" <ref/contrib/localflavor>`
184 * :doc:`Logging <topics/logging>`
185 * :doc:`Messages <ref/contrib/messages>`
186 * :doc:`Pagination <topics/pagination>`
187 * :doc:`Redirects <ref/contrib/redirects>`
188 * :doc:`Security <topics/security>`
189 * :doc:`Serialization <topics/serialization>`
190 * :doc:`Sessions <topics/http/sessions>`
191 * :doc:`Signals <topics/signals>`
192 * :doc:`Sitemaps <ref/contrib/sitemaps>`
193 * :doc:`Sites <ref/contrib/sites>`
194 * :doc:`Static Files <ref/contrib/staticfiles>`
195 * :doc:`Syndication feeds (RSS/Atom) <ref/contrib/syndication>`
196 * :doc:`Unicode in Django <ref/unicode>`
197 * :doc:`Web design helpers <ref/contrib/webdesign>`
198 * :doc:`Validators <ref/validators>`
199 * Function-based generic views (Deprecated) :doc:`Overview<topics/generic-views>` | :doc:`Built-in generic views<ref/generic-views>` | :doc:`Migration guide<topics/generic-views-migration>`
201 The Django open-source project
202 ==============================
205 :doc:`How to get involved <internals/contributing/index>` |
206 :doc:`The release process <internals/release-process>` |
207 :doc:`Team of committers <internals/committers>` |
208 :doc:`The Django source code repository <internals/svn>`
210 * **Design philosophies:**
211 :doc:`Overview <misc/design-philosophies>`
214 :doc:`About this documentation <internals/contributing/writing-documentation>`
216 * **Third-party distributions:**
217 :doc:`Overview <misc/distributions>`
219 * **Django over time:**
220 :doc:`API stability <misc/api-stability>` |
221 :doc:`Release notes and upgrading instructions <releases/index>` |
222 :doc:`Deprecation Timeline <internals/deprecation>`