Django Essential Training (2021)

2h 7mIntermediate2021-09-23

Authors

Leticia Portella

Software Developer | Podcaster | Oceanographer

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!

Skills covered

DjangoBack-End Web DevelopmentFull-Stack Web DevelopmentEssential TrainingWeb DevelopmentOpen Source

Concepts

Introduction

What is Django
What you will need to start a Django project

Starting Your Django Project

Creating a new Django project
Minimum working page
Creating your first Django template
Django apps and the concept of modularization

Django Built-In User Management

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

How Django Interacts with Databases

Introduction to ORMs
Creating your first model
Using admin for data creation and manipulation
Using Django shell for creating and querying data

Building Dynamic Webpages

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

Building a Robust Front End in Django

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

Django Forms - Validation Shouldn t Be Hard

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

Working with Existing Data

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

Using Django to Store and Display User-Specific Data

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

Login, Logout, and Signup Are Simple

Adding login and logout pages
Adding a signup page
Finishing touches

Conclusion

Continuing on with Django