Django
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Authentication
This section covers the full authentication flow, from logging users in and out to managing sessions and protecting views. You’ll work with Django’s built-in authentication framework while also understanding how and when to extend it. Topics include login and logout, user registration, password hashing, session management, access control, decorators like login_required, and protecting endpoints against unauthorized access.
Introduction to Django’s Authentication System
This article provides a beginner-friendly introduction to Django’s authentication system. It explains users, passwords, sessions, login and logout, permissions, groups, built-in authentication views, access control for function-based and class-based views, registration, password management, and the role of custom user models.
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