To get the most out of this book

To develop with Django 2.1 using the examples in these pages, you will need the following:

• Python 3.6 or higher
• The Pillow library for image manipulation
• Either the MySQL database and the MySQLdb bindings, or the PostgreSQL database
• Docker Desktop or Docker Toolbox for complete system virtualization, or virtualenv to keep each project's Python modules separated
• Git or Subversion for version control

All other specific requirements are separately mentioned in each recipe.