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Hand-written tutorials, ordered as a recommended learning path.

1. 21 Django Channels Add real-time features to Django with Channels. Build a WebSocket chat consumer, set up the ASGI server, and broadcast events with channel layers. 3 min read →
2. 22 Class-Based Views Understand Django's class-based views by building from View up to ListView and UpdateView. Learn the MRO, mixins, and when CBVs beat function-based views in real projects. 4 min read →
3. 23 Django Middleware Understand how a Django request flows through middleware, URL routing, and views, and learn to write custom middleware for cross-cutting concerns. 4 min read →
4. 24 Django Relations Model real-world relationships in Django with ForeignKey, OneToOneField, and ManyToManyField, including reverse lookups, on_delete, and through tables. 4 min read →
5. 25 Django Auth Move beyond is_authenticated. Learn how to model groups, object-level permissions, and DRF permission classes cleanly. 4 min read →
6. 26 DRF Serializers Understand how DRF serializers validate, transform, and persist data, and learn how to compose them for complex API payloads. 4 min read →
7. 27 DRF vs FastAPI A practical comparison of DRF and FastAPI: performance, ORM, validation, async, and how to choose for a new Python service. 6 min read →
8. 28 Django Signals Learn how Django signals decouple side effects from your models, when to use them, and the common pitfalls that make signals hard to debug. 4 min read →
9. 29 Templates Deep Dive Master the Django template language: contexts, inheritance, includes, custom tags and filters, autoescaping, and performance tips for building maintainable server-rendered UIs. 4 min read →