Django Essential Training

Course details

Django is a robust and powerful framework with a lot of moving parts. Django is one of the most robust and useful frameworks out there. With Python's popularity increasing and new features being released (such as extensive async support), Django will likely increase even more its presence at many top-quality companies.

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 takes you through each step of building a working system that can create, edit, and list books per user with an authentication system. The project will also be deployed in a free infrastructure platform such as Heroku or PythonAnywhere.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - What is Django
02 - What you need to start a Django project
03 - Utilizing the Django documentation
04 - Using Codespaces in this course

1. Starting Your Django Project

05 - Creating a new Django project
06 - The model view template
07 - Minimum working page
08 - Creating your first Django template

2. Django Built-In User Management

09 - Django admin - Easily visualizing and creating data
10 - Migrations - Making database changes easy
11 - User authentication in two simple steps

3. How Django Interacts with Databases

12 - Introduction to ORMs
13 - Creating your first model
14 - Using admin for data creation and manipulation
15 - Using Django shell for creating and querying data
16 - Code challenge - Adding likes to notes
17 - Solution - Adding likes to notes

4. Building Dynamic Webpages

18 - Creating a dynamic template
19 - Creating your first Django dynamic webpage
20 - How can Django can list data with just some small changes
21 - Introduction to Django class-based views - A few classes have the power to change the world
22 - Code challenge - Showing just popular notes
23 - Solution - Showing just popular notes

5. Building Robust Front-Ends in Django

24 - Static files in Django
25 - An HTML skeleton - How to set up a base structure to every Django template
26 - It's time to add some style
27 - Code challenge - Dividing a template into smaller parts
28 - Solution - Dividing a template into smaller parts

6. Django Forms - Validation Shouldn t Be Hard

29 - Create a webpage
30 - Understanding how Django handles security in POSTs
31 - Django forms - Powerful validation with minimal work
32 - Django forms are useful for layout as well
33 - Codespaces error and the solution

7. Working with Existing Data

34 - The U in the CRUD - Updating data
35 - The D in the CRUD - Deleting data
36 - Code challenge - A button to add a like to a note
37 - Solution - A button to add a like to a note

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

38 - How to update data stored in your database
39 - Template for update
40 - Endpoint and template for deleting
41 - Code challenge - Mark a note as public or private
42 - Solution - Mark a note as public or private

9. Login, Logout, and Signup Are Simple

43 - Adding login and logout pages
44 - Adding a signup page
45 - Finishing touches
46 - Code challenge - Create a share link for a public note
47 - Solution - Create a share link for a public note

Conclusion

48 - Next steps