Django Essential Training (2021)

Course details

Django is a robust and powerful framework with a lot of moving parts. Although starting a new project can be quite easy, there is a lot to uncover. This course teaches fundamentals, such as what a framework is, what an HTTP request is, and how Django replies to HTTP requests. Software developer and podcaster Leticia Portella walks you through each step of building a working system that can create, edit, and list books per user with an authentication system. Topics include getting started, creating users and data, ORMs, creating a dynamic template, Django class-based files and static views, and so much more!

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - What is Django
02 - What you will need to start a Django project

1. Starting Your Django Project

03 - Creating a new Django project
04 - Minimum working page
05 - Creating your first Django template
06 - Django apps and the concept of modularization

2. Django Built-In User Management

07 - Creating users in Django
08 - Django admin - Easily visualizing and creating data
09 - User authentication in two simple steps

3. How Django Interacts with Databases

10 - Introduction to ORMs
11 - Creating your first model
12 - Using admin for data creation and manipulation
13 - Using Django shell for creating and querying data

4. Building Dynamic Webpages

14 - Creating a dynamic template
15 - Display content of a single note
16 - Introduction to Django class-based views
17 - A bit more on class-based views

5. Building a Robust Front End in Django

18 - Static files in Django
19 - How to set up a base HTML for every Django template
20 - Let's add some style

6. Django Forms - Validation Shouldn t Be Hard

21 - Create a webpage
22 - Understanding how Django handles security in POSTs
23 - Django forms - Powerful validation with minimal work
24 - Django forms are useful for layout as well

7. Working with Existing Data

25 - The U in the CRUD - Updating data
26 - The D in the CRUD - Deleting data

8. Using Django to Store and Display User-Specific Data

27 - ForeignKey - How models relate to each other
28 - Displaying only the logged user data
29 - Adding a new note after ForeignKey

9. Login, Logout, and Signup Are Simple

30 - Adding login and logout pages
31 - Adding a signup page
32 - Finishing touches

Conclusion

33 - Continuing on with Django