A course from Talk Python Training. Sign up at Getting Started with Django.
Django is one of the most popular web frameworks for coding in Python. It includes libraries for: templating HTML content, URL routing, views, a robust Object Relational Model (ORM) for mapping classes to database queries, HTML form management, a built-in administrative tool, and much more. This course teaches you how to build your first Django project and guides you through the key parts of the library.
This course is constructed around a project called Alexandria, a virtual library. Each chapter covers a new Django concept, but it also adds a feature to the application. As you proceed through the course you will not only learn more about Django but also be building features and tests as you would for developing real world software.
While building our Django app, you will:
- Set up a new project
- Understand Django's project structure
- How to use the Django database ORM, including: common fields, writing queries, Foreign Keys and related objects, and light-weight migrations
- Create function-based views: the code that responds to the browser
- Turn data to HTML with HTML Templates
- User management: Creating users, managing logins, password resets, and the
- Built-in admin for users
- Data management: Loading / saving database fixtures
- Mapping URLs and URL patters to function-based views with URL routing
- HTML Forms: GET vs POST, submitting data to server, and using the forms library
- Considerations when deploying Django
- Third party libraries: A quick tour of popular libraries and how to install them
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This course is for anyone who wants to learn how to build web applications using Django.
An intermediate understanding of the Python language is recommended, students should be comfortable with functions, variables, data types such as dictionaries.
Additionally, familiarity with basic web concepts is of value including common HTML tags, basic CSS style sheets, and HTTP Verbs such as GET and POST.