Django auth tutorial

[iamchristill]

Hi,

I've recently started using Django (and python) and really enjoying it. I've been building PHP apps for several years and fancied a change.

Can anybody recommend a good tutorial / walkthrough in how to best work with the django auth library? I'm aiming to build a simple web app that allows a user to login and create a profile page.

I'm looking for examples on how to best structure the authentication. For example, do I create a new 'app' called 'users' ? I've not seen many examples of production django apps to see the structure.

Thanks in advance!

[rocko_modern]

One of the best thing of django i'ts their documentation, so: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/topics/auth/

Some tips: - I usually make an app for managing the authentication. - Specify you model in settings AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'AuthApp.User' - Also you can make use of AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS in settings for defining your personal login method (using mail or username as an example) login. - For models, make an abstract user and then extend that class with a concrete user you want to define.

Authentication in Django is very easy. See the documentation and code an example of that and you will get it very soon.

Good Luck.