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As explained in Django in Action

A URL is a standardized locator that identifies a resource or endpoint on a network.

A URL is the address a user enters in a browser to reach web software. In Django, it connects a requested address to Python code called a view, which returns results to the browser. section 1.0

A Django request commonly follows this path:

  • The user points a browser at the appropriate URL. section 1.0
  • Django routes and manages the URL, selecting the code associated with it. section 1.0
  • The view runs on the web server and returns results, potentially rendered as HTML, to the browser. section 1.0

RiffMates URLs

RiffMates uses URLs as entry points for its musicians-seeking-musicians site. Views are registered against URLs, then can render templates into HTML for the browser; related pages can query musician and venue data. section 1.2.4

How Django in Action covers it

How deep it goes
Explains URL routing and request flow, while deferring URL syntax and detailed routing configuration.
Examples
Uses browser navigation and the RiffMates site’s registered views, rendered templates, musician data, and venue data.
What it assumes
Assumes basic Python familiarity while introducing browser-based access, web servers, views, and URL routing.
What you can do after
Apply URLs by connecting Django views to browser-accessible web-application pages.
How it connects
Links browsers, web servers, Django, views, templates, HTML, databases, and web applications.

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