Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "You can deactivate your environment at any time with the deactivate command."

A block of code is set as follows:

from django.contrib import adminfrom .models import Postadmin.site.register(Post)

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

INSTALLED_APPS = [    'django.contrib.admin',    'django.contrib.auth',    'django.contrib.contenttypes',    'django.contrib.sessions',    'django.contrib.messages', 'django.contrib.staticfiles', ...

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