Django Custom User

Overview

The official Django documentation highly recommends using a custom User model for new projects. Why? Because it's a major pain if you need to add user features down the road.

Some kinds of projects may have authentication requirements for which Django’s built-in User model is not always appropriate. For instance, on some sites it makes more sense to use an email address as your identification token instead of a username.

Class Outline

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to

Describe and Define

• Django's Auth User model
• AbstractUser class
• Drawbacks of switching to custom User model later in project.

Execute

• Subclass AbstractUser
• Customize User fields
• Ensure Django Admin panel functionality is maintained