Why Django built-in auth matters - See It in Action

Why Django built-in auth matters

📖 Scenario: You are building a simple website that needs user login and registration. Instead of creating your own user system, you will use Django's built-in authentication system.

🎯 Goal: Learn how to set up and use Django's built-in authentication system to manage users easily and securely.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a Django project and app

Use Django's built-in User model

Set up user registration and login views

Use Django's authentication forms and decorators

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Most websites need user accounts for login, registration, and profile management. Django's built-in auth system provides a secure and tested way to handle these common needs.

💼 Career

Understanding Django's authentication system is essential for backend web developers working with Django, as it is a core part of many web applications.

1

Create a Django project and app

Create a Django project named auth_project and inside it create an app named accounts.

Django

# Run commands to create project and app
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use django-admin startproject auth_project and python manage.py startapp accounts.

2

Configure the app and enable authentication

Add accounts to INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py and include Django's authentication URLs in urls.py.

Django

# Add 'accounts' to INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py
# Include auth URLs in urls.py
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Remember to add 'accounts' to INSTALLED_APPS and include django.contrib.auth.urls in your main urls.py.

3

Create a simple user registration view

In accounts/views.py, create a view function called register that uses Django's UserCreationForm to handle new user registration.

Django

# In accounts/views.py
# Create a register view using UserCreationForm
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use UserCreationForm to create the form and save the user if valid.

4

Add URL pattern for registration and create template

Add a URL pattern for register view in accounts/urls.py and create a simple template registration/register.html that displays the registration form.

Django

# In accounts/urls.py
# Add path for register view
# Create registration/register.html template
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Remember to create accounts/urls.py with the register path and a simple HTML form template.