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Interactive Web
Site Design Using
Python Script
Hao Yu
Auburn University
Michael Carroll
Auburn University
63.1 Introduction.....................................................................................63-1
Python. •. Django
63.2 Software Installation.......................................................................63-2
63.3 Database-Driven Web Site Design................................................63-2
Create a Project. •. Run the Project. •. Setup Database. •. .
Create Model. •. Activate Model. •. Activate the Admin Site. •. .
Add the Application. •. Customize the Admin Site
63.4 Conclusion........................................................................................63-7
References....................................................................................................63-8
63.1 Introduction
With the development of Internet technology, more and more Web design languages such as Javascript,
PHP, and CGI are developed to satisfy various online services. In this chapter, an open-source Web
application framework, Django, which is developed in Python, will be introduced for database-driven
Web site design.
63.1.1 Python
Python supports multiple programming paradigms, such as object oriented, imperative, and functional
[F02]. Python features a fully dynamic-type system and automatic memory management. From the
point of functions, python has very similar syntax to Perl, but it is simplified and more readable. Python
is also flexible for programming, including both command line style, such as in MATAB • , and script
style, such as in Perl.
As a high-level language, Python can be operated on many different operating systems, such as
Windows, MacOS, Unix, and OS/2. The Python software can be freely downloaded and used, or can
be included in applications. Python can also be freely modified and redistributed, since the language is
copyrighted under an open-source license.
63.1.2 Django
Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic
design [HM09]. It was originally developed to ease the creation of complex database-driven Web
sites in 2005. Using Python as a script language, Django focuses on automation as much as possible.
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