In this course, you'll explore the basic structure of a web application, and how a web browser interacts with a web server. You'll be introduced to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request/response cycle, including GET/POST/Redirect. You'll also gain an introductory understanding of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), as well as the overall structure of a Django application. We will explore the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern for web applications and how it relates to Django. You will learn how to deploy a Django application using a service like PythonAnywhere so that it is available over the Internet.
Web Application Technologies and Django
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Web Application Technologies and Django
This course is part of Django for Everybody Specialization
Instructor: Charles Russell Severance
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Explain the basics of HTTP and how the request-response cycle works
Install and deploy a simple DJango application
Build simple web pages in HTML and style them using CSS
Explain the basic operations in SQL
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Reviewed on Sep 11, 2021
Great course to start understanding how works web application with djnago. Dr Chuck give us a little summary of HTML, CSS and SQL to keep getting high knowledge. Thank you!
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Reviewed on Nov 5, 2020
The course is more a basic overview about Python, SQL and HTML & CSS than Django. I recommend to all beginners with some knowledge in Python or any other programming language.
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Reviewed on Aug 20, 2020
Django for Everybody is an amazing specialization that everyone should take and learning from Dr.Chuck is wonderful experience. Thanks to Coursera and Dr.Chuck :)
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