Build a User Authentication Web App With Python and Django

Start the Django development server, verify installation, and run migrations to resolve database errors. Create a superuser and explore the Django admin to prepare building a custom user authentication system.

Build a Django authentication app called authenticate, add it to the installed apps, wire it into the project settings and urls, and organize its own views and urls for modularity.

Extend the authenticate base template with bootstrap, display content via block content, wrap pages in a container, and demonstrate a bootstrap button as the first styling step.

Learn to add a Bootstrap navbar to your Django project, embed it in the base template, and customize items like login links while ensuring it appears on every page.

Explore Django’s user authentication, create a user object, and contrast manual setup with Django’s automatic auth, covering login, logout, password hashing, forms, and django.contrib imports.

Create a login form in a Django app using the built-in auth tools, wiring a login view, URL, and template with username and password fields.

Implement login logic in Django by handling form posts, authenticating users, and redirecting to the home page, while fixing indentation and preparing post-login ui changes.

Compare manual and automated registration methods in Django, demonstrate creating a registration view, and leverage Django's automated user creation and form handling to enforce password rules.

Extend the Django registration form with email, first name, and last name by creating a sign up form that inherits from the user creation form, and update the register view.

Explore how to customize Django forms by adjusting labels and help text, adding placeholders, and styling form fields to improve login and user information input.

Create a custom edit profile form based on the user change form, expose only username, first name, last name, and email, and remove password fields for now.

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