Django Tutorial 6 - User Authentication Part 1 - Hacked Existence Today

After a successful login, Django needs to know where to send the user. You can define this in your settings.py file.

: The system is bundled as django.contrib.auth in your settings. 🛠️ Step 1: Verify Installed Apps After a successful login, Django needs to know

Django enables the authentication system by default in new projects. Open your settings.py file and ensure the following apps are listed in INSTALLED_APPS : After a successful login

: Verifies that a user is who they claim to be. After a successful login, Django needs to know

You can restrict access to certain views so that only logged-in users can see them. Use the @login_required decorator for function-based views. Use the LoginRequiredMixin for class-based views.