Django Web Framework

Django Web Framework

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

692 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule

4 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

94%

Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

Build a web server
Data modeling
Implement web security best practices

Skills you'll gain

Category: Maintainability
Category: Code Reusability
Category: Data Modeling
Category: Software Design Patterns
Category: Web Development
Category: Databases
Category: Database Management
Category: Secure Coding
Category: Model View Controller
Category: Database Design
Category: Application Security
Category: Data Migration

Tools you'll learn

Category: Application Frameworks
Category: MySQL
Category: Web Applications
Category: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Category: Web Servers
Category: Django (Web Framework)

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There are 5 modules in this course

It's time to build something bigger. In this course, you will use the Django web framework to build, secure and administer a web server. You will have the opportunity to create, design and configure a web app using the Django framework in-line with best practices.

Explore the usage of models in Django and their relationship to databases. Use views to render requested data to meaningful template structures for a composed user interface (UI). Implement proactive security practices and mitigate common security risks. By the end of the course you will be able to: • Design a Django web application using Python, HTML and CSS. • Describe and implement the HTTP request response cycle by creting views, routes and templates. • Describe and build a data model to create database tabless and dynamic web forms. • Explore the Django Template Language to create dyanamic webpages that display data stored in a database. • Create, share and test your web application by using industry standard best practice and guidelines. To succeed in this course, you are required to have a fundamental knowledge of the following: HTML and CSS Python MySQL You also require basic internet navigation skills and an eagerness to get started with coding in Django!

In this module, you will explore Django’s core purpose, project structure, and approach to organizing code. You will examine how Django uses the MVT framework and DRY principles to support reusable development. You will also distinguish between projects and apps while becoming familiar with basic Django commands used to set up and manage them.

What's included

10 videos13 readings5 assignments1 discussion prompt1 ungraded lab

10 videosTotal 56 minutes

Introduction to Django Web Framework8 minutes
What is Django?6 minutes
How is Django used in the real world?4 minutes
Projects and Apps overview6 minutes
Creating your first project6 minutes
Django-admin & manage.py commands6 minutes
Creating an App6 minutes
What is a web framework?6 minutes
MVT Example 5 minutes
Module summary: Introduction to Django4 minutes

13 readingsTotal 175 minutes

Course syllabus15 minutes
How to be successful in this course10 minutes
Installing Python (optional for Windows users)15 minutes
Installing Python (optional for Mac users)15 minutes
Setting up a project in VS Code15 minutes
Working with virtual environments on your local machine10 minutes
Working with labs in this course10 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes
Project Structure20 minutes
App structures15 minutes
Solution: Creating your first project and app30 minutes
MVT Overview10 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes

5 assignmentsTotal 87 minutes

Module Quiz: Introduction to Django30 minutes
Knowledge check: Projects and Apps15 minutes
Self-review: Creating your first project and app12 minutes
Knowledge check: Applications 15 minutes
Knowledge check: Web Frameworks and MVT15 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

What challenges did you encounter while creating your first Django app?10 minutes

1 ungraded labTotal 60 minutes

Exercise: Creating your first project and app60 minutes

In this module, you will focus on how Django views handle HTTP requests and connect URLs to response logic. You will work with function-based and class-based view concepts, URL patterns, request and response objects, and HTTP methods such as GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE. You will also consider how errors are handled across HTTP, view logic, and view levels.

What's included

12 videos10 readings7 assignments1 discussion prompt3 ungraded labs

12 videosTotal 74 minutes

Views6 minutes
Creating views and mapping to URLs7 minutes
Creating views and view logic5 minutes
HTTP requests9 minutes
Creating Requests and Responses6 minutes
Understanding URLs6 minutes
Mapping URLs with Params6 minutes
Regular expressions in URLs7 minutes
Error Handling6 minutes
Demo: Handle errors in views5 minutes
Class-based views5 minutes
Module summary: Views6 minutes

10 readingsTotal 190 minutes

View logic30 minutes
Solution: Creating a view and URL configuration30 minutes
Request and Response Objects15 minutes
Parameters15 minutes
Solution: Mapping URLs with Params30 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes
URL Namespacing and Views15 minutes
Solution: Creating URLs and Mapping to Views30 minutes
Handling Errors in Views15 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes

7 assignmentsTotal 106 minutes

Module Quiz: Views30 minutes
Self-review: Creating a view and URL configuration12 minutes
Knowledge check: Views15 minutes
Self review: Mapping URLs with Params9 minutes
Knowledge check: Requests and URLs15 minutes
Self review: Creating URLs and Mapping to Views10 minutes
Knowledge check: Handle errors in Views 15 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

What challenges did you encounter while working with Requests and URLs?10 minutes

3 ungraded labsTotal 180 minutes

Exercise: Creating a view and URL configuration60 minutes
Exercise: Mapping URLs with Params60 minutes
Exercise: Creating URLs and Mapping to Views60 minutes

In this module, you will examine how Django models represent data and connect application logic to a database. You will look at migrations, the QuerySet API, forms, the Django admin panel, user and group permissions, and MySQL database setup. You will focus on how these concepts support storing, retrieving, and managing data in a Django app.

What's included

18 videos17 readings10 assignments1 discussion prompt5 ungraded labs

18 videosTotal 105 minutes

Models6 minutes
Creating models5 minutes
Migrations6 minutes
Working with Migrations5 minutes
A history of changes5 minutes
Models using Foreign Keys5 minutes
Using ORM6 minutes
Forms5 minutes
Working with Django form fields and data types7 minutes
Creating Forms6 minutes
Model Form5 minutes
Django Admin6 minutes
Adding groups and users7 minutes
Permissions6 minutes
Users and Permissions9 minutes
Database options5 minutes
Setting up a MySQL connection6 minutes
Module summary: Models4 minutes

17 readingsTotal 305 minutes

Model relationships15 minutes
How to use migrations15 minutes
Solution: Ungraded Lab – Models and migrations30 minutes
Solution: Models using Foreign Keys30 minutes
Object Relationship Mapping - ORM15 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes
Django fields15 minutes
Form API15 minutes
Solution: Working with Forms30 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes
Managing users in Django Admin30 minutes
Enforcing Permissions15 minutes
Solution: Using Django Admin30 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes
Configuring MySQL Connection15 minutes
Solution: Connecting to a Database30 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes

10 assignmentsTotal 177 minutes

Module Quiz: Models30 minutes
Self review: Ungraded Lab – Models and migrations 9 minutes
Self Review: Models using Foreign Keys30 minutes
Knowledge Check: Models & Migrations15 minutes
Self review: Working with Forms 30 minutes
Knowledge Check: Model and Forms 15 minutes
Self-Review Using Django Admin 9 minutes
Knowledge Check: Admin15 minutes
Self-review: Connecting to a database9 minutes
Knowledge Check: Database Configuration15 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Do you think using migrations will save you time in your development workflow? Why?10 minutes

5 ungraded labsTotal 300 minutes

Exercise: Models and migrations60 minutes
Exercise: Models using Foreign Keys60 minutes
Exercise: Working with Forms60 minutes
Exercise: Using Django Admin60 minutes
Exercise: Connecting to a Database60 minutes

In this module, you will learn how Django templates support the creation of dynamic HTML. You will focus on template structure, templating concepts, and the Django template language. You will also see how templates help organize markup within a maintainable Django project.

What's included

10 videos8 readings6 assignments3 ungraded labs

10 videosTotal 59 minutes

Templates6 minutes
Creating Templates6 minutes
Working with template language 6 minutes
Dynamic Templates in Django5 minutes
Mapping model objects to a template5 minutes
Template inheritance7 minutes
Working with Template inheritance6 minutes
Debugging Django applications7 minutes
Testing in Django8 minutes
Module summary: Templates4 minutes

8 readingsTotal 170 minutes

Template Examples25 minutes
Solution: Creating Templates30 minutes
Template Language and Variable Interpolation20 minutes
Solution: Creating Dynamic Templates30 minutes
More on Template inheritance15 minutes
Solution: Working with Templates30 minutes
Sub-classing Generic Views15 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes

6 assignmentsTotal 87 minutes

Module Quiz: Templates30 minutes
Self-review: Creating Templates9 minutes
Knowledge check: Templates15 minutes
Self review: Creating Dynamic Templates9 minutes
Self-review: Working with Templates9 minutes
Knowledge check: Working with Templates15 minutes

3 ungraded labsTotal 180 minutes

Exercise: Creating Templates60 minutes
Exercise: Creating Dynamic Templates60 minutes
Exercise: Working with Templates60 minutes

In this module, you will bring together the main Django concepts covered across the course. You will reflect on your learning and apply your understanding of projects, apps, views, models, templates, and data handling in the context of a website for a local restaurant. You will focus on connecting the course concepts into a coherent Django build.

What's included

5 videos3 readings2 assignments2 discussion prompts1 ungraded lab

5 videosTotal 17 minutes

Course Recap for Django Web Framework3 minutes
Solution Part 1 - Create the menu page5 minutes
Solution Part 2 - Create the menu item page4 minutes
Solution Part 3 - How to create the footer2 minutes
Congratulations!3 minutes

3 readingsTotal 48 minutes

About the final graded project assessment for Django Web Framework15 minutes
Solution code30 minutes
Next steps after Django Web Framework3 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Django Restaurant App Architecture30 minutes
Final graded quiz: Django Web Framework30 minutes

2 discussion promptsTotal 20 minutes

What challenges did you encounter while creating your Django app?10 minutes
Reflect on learning: What did you find most valuable in the course?10 minutes

1 ungraded labTotal 120 minutes

Design and build a simple Django app120 minutes

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Reviewed on Apr 29, 2023

I did expect this course to have more focus on Class-based views and generic views.

Reviewed on Apr 3, 2023

The course is great, would advice the learners to research while doing the course as it helps you to understand more clearly

Reviewed on May 2, 2024

You need to have built some projects by watching tutorials in order to better understand what is being said ! In general it was a great course !

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