Mark Walker

Create modern, secure websites easily and quickly with Django 6 through realistic case studies updated for the latest async features and modern Python support Key Features Get to grips with Django 6 functionality, the MVT paradigm, and its new async-powered features Build and extend a book-review site using updated templates, forms, async features, and ORM tools Explore REST APIs, async views, third-party integrations, testing, and modern deployment options Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book DescriptionTired of spending hours on boilerplate code when you should be building features? Django 6 transforms your workflow with major improvements to the Python web ecosystem—from expanded async support to improved form rendering, stronger security, and modern template and ORM capabilities. This book shows you how to take full advantage of these upgrades to build reliable, secure, and high-performance web applications in a structured, hands-on way. You’ll discover Django 6’s power by building an end-to-end case study of developing a website called Bookr, a repository for book reviews that mirrors real development workflows. Through guided practical exercises, you'll learn how to serve static files, implement forms using Django 6’s improved rendering system, handle async views and ORM operations, and manage sessions to create a seamless user experience. You’ll also tackle essential tasks such as authentication, security best practices, and integrating modern front-end tools. By the end of this Django book, you’ll be ready to build and deploy your own scalable, modern Python web applications using Django 6.What you will learn Start a new Django 6 project and define models using the improved ORM Work with function and class-based views using templates to control application behavior Implement authentication, permissions, and modern session handling techniques Create practical forms using Django 6's updated rendering API Build RESTful APIs and the JavaScript features that integrate with them Connect to PostgreSQL and run async-ready queries where supported Who this book is forThis book is for programmers who want to enhance their web development skills with Django 6. You’ll get the most out of it if you already know Python programming and are familiar with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. This book is especially useful for anyone looking to understand Django’s new async capabilities, modern security features, and production-ready web development patterns.

Digital sustainability can be defined as the tackling of economic, social, and environmental challenges using digital technology. It examines how sustainability is influenced and enhanced by technology and data. This book aims to provide a short introduction to the topic of Digital Sustainability, detailing what it is and how it came to become recognized as a distinct subject. Chapters cover the principal areas where technology is helping sustainability, including agriculture, business, and environmental protection. Also briefly covered are areas where technology is causing a sustainability problem. It is hoped the book provides ideas for further, more in-depth study and research.

Research in the ecological and related sciences of botany, zoology, wildlife management and conservation has been revolutionized by technological progress over the last 30 years. Improvements in computing and electronics has improved monitoring of the environment and of wild living species. Entirely new avenues of research have opened such as Citizen Science. Digital Ecology can be defined as the use of technology in the ecological and related sciences. It looks at how technology is used in the research and management of wild living species and natural systems. This text provides an introduction to the many new technologies that are available for use by ecologist, and how pre-existing ones have been improved. Topics covered include bio-loggers, Remote Sensing, GIS, and Citizen Science. Mark David Walker lives in Sheffield, UK. He trained in biology and conservation management. He has been involved in a variety of field research including on Mountain Chamois, bats, Yellow-necked Mice, and European Bison.

This book is an introductory guide to principally British lichens, although many of the ideas and principles discussed apply to all lichens. The biological features of lichens are discussed, and the role in the environment described. The use of lichens as bioindicators, mainly in assessing levels of air pollution is described.

Who were the German scientists who worked on atomic bombs during World War II for Hitler's regime? How did they justify themselves afterwards? Examining the global influence of the German uranium project and postwar reactions to the scientists involved, Mark Walker explores the narratives surrounding 'Hitler's bomb'. The global impacts of this project were cataclysmic. Credible reports of German developments spurred the American Manhattan Project, the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and in turn the Soviet efforts. After the war these scientists' work was overshadowed by the twin shocks of Auschwitz and Hiroshima. Hitler's Atomic Bomb sheds light on the postwar criticism and subsequent rehabilitation of the German scientists, including the controversial legend of Werner Heisenberg and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker's visit to occupied Copenhagen in 1941. This scientifically accurate but non-technical history examines the impact of German efforts to harness nuclear fission, and the surrounding debates and legends.

This book is an introduction to Digital Learning. This is how technology is affecting education today. The wide of Digital Learning is wide and includes eLearning, mLearning, online learning, video conferencing, and VR for education. This book provides an overview of what Digital Learning is and an introduction to the use of technology in different subjects.

The ancient Pyrrhonians skeptics suspended judgment about all philosophical views. Their main opponents were the Dogmatists—those who believed their preferred philosophical views. In Outlines of Skeptical-Dogmatism: On Disbelieving Our Philosophical Views, Mark Walker argues, contra Pyrrhonians and Dogmatists, for a "darker" skepticism: we should disbelieve our philosophical views. On the question of political morality, for example, we should disbelieve libertarianism, conservativism, socialism, liberalism, and any alternative ideologies. Since most humans have beliefs about philosophical subject matter, such as beliefs about religious and political matters, humanity writ large should disbelieve their preferred philosophical views. Walker argues that Skeptical-Dogmatism permits a more realistic estimation of our epistemic powers. Dogmatists who believe their view is correct, while believing that two or more competitor views of their opponents are false, must—at least implicitly—take themselves to be “über epistemic superiors” to their disagreeing colleagues. Such a self-assessment is as implausible as it is hubristic. Skeptical-Dogmatism, in contrast, permits a more realistic and humbler epistemic self-conception. The author also shows that there are no insuperable practical difficulties in living as a Skeptical-Dogmatist.

Digital Health can be defined as the use of technology to improve individual healthcare. Developments such as the Internet and Smartphones have radically altered our everyday lives, and also impacted the healthcare we receive. This text introduces this topic and examines what the future might hold.

This updated and revised edition includes 67 new images, with updated photos of builds from the first edition and cooler, fresh builds featuring more Volkswagen Beetles. Also included is a brand-new section on the builds of patina Volkswagen specialists HR Autoworks. Since the early 2000s, the apparent explosion of interest in Volkswagens with original paint, rust and patina has inspired a generation of car fanatics, who might not be able to afford to restore a car to show condition, but still want a good looking, cool car that will stand out from the crowd. Once looked upon as being in need of restoration, cars with original paint, rust and patina, especially within the global Volkswagen community, have gradually become far more popular than restored cars. When walking down a line of cars at a car show, it’s easy to see why; these cars are rare, unspoiled survivors – cars that tell a story of an interesting and varied past. The look of the Volkswagens being built in this style is so honest, unspoiled and characterful, that it has begun to inspire the media; even Hollywood movie stars and celebrities. Whilst this has undoubtedly resulted in increased car values, and turned a brand of cars that had always been a cheap, honest mode of transportation into something cool with a high price tag, the generation it initially inspired has grown with the hobby, and produced a micro-industry that still manages to embrace the 'Built not bought' ethos. This book, superbly illustrated with stunning colour photographs, takes an inside look at some of the key car builders, dealers, celebrities and hobbyists, as well as the different styles of build, meaning every single car has a style all its own. Foreword by Drew Pritchard of TV’s ‘Salvage Hunters’ fame.

With a range of superb photographs, Mark Walker looks at a variety of railway features in the varied landscape of Yorkshire. Featuring a vast amount of previously unpublished material, this book covers all corners of the county, from the sprawling metropolis of Leeds to the rolling hills of North Yorkshire and then into the industrial heartland around Wakefield and Sheffield.The photos here span seven decades with inspiring photographs of the end of steam in the region, through the early diesels and into the corporate era and privatisation. The book also features a number of images by the late David Hey, who for many years was one of the very best railway photographers, and a number of his images included in this book have seldom been published.

The Beginner's Meal Prep Instant Pot Guide with Quick and Easy Mouth-watering Meal Prep Recipes For Your Instant Pot In this book, you'll find 2020's most affordable, quick & easy recipes. Includes...● Brеakfast● Soups and Stеws● Appеtizеrs & Sidе Dishеs● Vеgеtarian and Vеgan● Chickеn and Poultry● Bееf● Pork● Fish & Sеafood● Dеssеrts● And many more...Grab this copy and start your journey towards a healthy lifestyle. Let's get cooking

The Beginner's Meal Prep Instant Pot Guide with Quick and Easy Mouth-watering Meal Prep Recipes For Your Instant Pot In this book, you'll find 2020's most affordable, quick & easy recipes. Includes...● Brеakfast● Soups and Stеws● Appеtizеrs & Sidе Dishеs● Vеgеtarian and Vеgan● Chickеn and Poultry● Bееf● Pork● Fish & Sеafood● Dеssеrts● And many more...Grab this copy and start your journey towards a healthy lifestyle. Let's get cooking

Sphagnum mosses are an important component of the moorland ecosystem. This guide to British Sphagnum provides an introduction to these important but often overlooked mosses.

Since the early 2000s, the apparent explosion of interest in Volkswagens with original paint, rust and patina has inspired a generation of car fanatics, who might not be able to afford to restore a car to show condition, but still want a good looking, cool car that will stand out from the crowd. Once looked upon as vehicles that were in need of restoration, cars with original paint, rust and patina, especially within the global Volkswagen community, have gradually become far more popular than restored cars. When walking down a line of cars at a car show, it's easy to see why; these cars are rare, unspoiled survivors - cars that tell a story of an interesting and varied past. The look of the Volkswagens being built in this style is so honest, unspoiled and characterful, that it has begun to inspire the media; even Hollywood movie stars and celebrities. Whilst this has undoubtedly resulted in increased car values, and turned a brand of cars that had always been a cheap, honest mode of transportation into something cool with a high price tag, the generation it initially inspired has grown with the hobby, and produced a micro-industry that still manages to embrace the 'Built not bought' ethos. This book, superbly illustrated with stunning colour photographs, takes an inside look at some of the key car builders, dealers, celebrities and hobbyists, as well as the different styles of build, meaning every single car has a style all of its own.