Django Authentication Workflow

The existing Django Documentation explains everything about the Django authentication process in a pretty good way. Directions include adding your back end, replacing the built-in User model and many more. However, despite this good coverage, I had certain problems with seeing the big picture of the overall process. At times when I needed to create a new authentication backend, I always had to glance through the Django source again.

In this blog entry I’ll focus on the Django source code and documentation -- to be more exact, I will share my findings during reading both the source code and the documentation. Read the rest of the article on my new blog