Django Web Framework

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Django Web Framework

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

664 reviews

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Flexible schedule

5 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

94%

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What you'll learn

Build a web server
Data modeling
Implement web security best practices

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29 assignments

Taught in English

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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!

Get to know Django and its uses, and learn how to set up your projects and applications.

What's included

10 videos13 readings5 assignments1 discussion prompt1 ungraded lab

10 videos Total 56 minutes

Introduction to Django Web Framework 8 minutes
What is Django? 6 minutes
How is Django used in the real world? 4 minutes
Projects and Apps overview 6 minutes
Creating your first project 6 minutes
Django-admin & manage.py commands 6 minutes
Creating an App 6 minutes
What is a web framework? 6 minutes
MVT Example 5 minutes
Module summary: Introduction to Django 4 minutes

13 readings Total 185 minutes

Course syllabus 15 minutes
How to be successful in this course 10 minutes
Installing Python (optional for Windows users) 15 minutes
Installing Python (optional for Mac users) 15 minutes
Setting up a project in VS Code 15 minutes
Working with virtual environments on your local machine 10 minutes
Working with labs in this course 10 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes
Project Structure 30 minutes
App structures 15 minutes
Solution: Creating your first project and app 30 minutes
MVT Overview 10 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes

5 assignments Total 87 minutes

Module Quiz: Introduction to Django 30 minutes
Knowledge check: Projects and Apps 15 minutes
Self-review: Creating your first project and app 12 minutes
Knowledge check: Applications 15 minutes
Knowledge check: Web Frameworks and MVT 15 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

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

1 ungraded lab Total 60 minutes

Exercise: Creating your first project and app 60 minutes

Delve further into the HTTP Request Object to get a better understanding of how it maps to the common CRUD operations

What's included

12 videos10 readings7 assignments1 discussion prompt3 ungraded labs

12 videos Total 74 minutes

Views 6 minutes
Creating views and mapping to URLs 7 minutes
Creating views and view logic 5 minutes
HTTP requests 9 minutes
Creating Requests and Responses 6 minutes
Understanding URLs 6 minutes
Mapping URLs with Params 6 minutes
Regular expressions in URLs 7 minutes
Error Handling 6 minutes
Demo: Handle errors in views 5 minutes
Class-based views 5 minutes
Module summary: Views 6 minutes

10 readings Total 190 minutes

View logic 30 minutes
Solution: Creating a view and URL configuration 30 minutes
Request and Response Objects 15 minutes
Parameters 15 minutes
Solution: Mapping URLs with Params 30 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes
URL Namespacing and Views 15 minutes
Solution: Creating URLs and Mapping to Views 30 minutes
Handling Errors in Views 15 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes

7 assignments Total 126 minutes

Module Quiz: Views 30 minutes
Self-review: Creating a view and URL configuration 12 minutes
Knowledge check: Views 15 minutes
Self review: Mapping URLs with Params 9 minutes
Knowledge check: Requests and URLs 15 minutes
Self review: Creating URLs and Mapping to Views 30 minutes
Knowledge check: Handle errors in Views 15 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

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

3 ungraded labs Total 180 minutes

Exercise: Creating a view and URL configuration 60 minutes
Exercise: Mapping URLs with Params 60 minutes
Exercise: Creating URLs and Mapping to Views 60 minutes

Synthesize your new skills to work with data across different layers and store the data in a MySQL database.

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18 videos17 readings10 assignments1 discussion prompt5 ungraded labs

18 videos Total 105 minutes

Models 6 minutes
Creating models 5 minutes
Migrations 6 minutes
Working with Migrations 5 minutes
A history of changes 5 minutes
Models using Foreign Keys 5 minutes
Using ORM 6 minutes
Forms 5 minutes
Working with Django form fields and data types 7 minutes
Creating Forms 6 minutes
Model Form 5 minutes
Django Admin 6 minutes
Adding groups and users 7 minutes
Permissions 6 minutes
Users and Permissions 9 minutes
Database options 5 minutes
Setting up a MySQL connection 6 minutes
Module summary: Models 4 minutes

17 readings Total 305 minutes

Model relationships 15 minutes
How to use migrations 15 minutes
Solution: Ungraded Lab – Models and migrations 30 minutes
Solution: Models using Foreign Keys 30 minutes
Object Relationship Mapping - ORM 15 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes
Django fields 15 minutes
Form API 15 minutes
Solution: Working with Forms 30 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes
Managing users in Django Admin 30 minutes
Enforcing Permissions 15 minutes
Solution: Using Django Admin 30 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes
Configuring MySQL Connection 15 minutes
Solution: Connecting to a Database 30 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes

10 assignments Total 177 minutes

Module Quiz: Models 30 minutes
Self review: Ungraded Lab – Models and migrations 9 minutes
Self Review: Models using Foreign Keys 30 minutes
Knowledge Check: Models & Migrations 15 minutes
Self review: Working with Forms 30 minutes
Knowledge Check: Model and Forms 15 minutes
Self-Review Using Django Admin 9 minutes
Knowledge Check: Admin 15 minutes
Self-review: Connecting to a database 9 minutes
Knowledge Check: Database Configuration 15 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

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

5 ungraded labs Total 300 minutes

Exercise: Models and migrations 60 minutes
Exercise: Models using Foreign Keys 60 minutes
Exercise: Working with Forms 60 minutes
Exercise: Using Django Admin 60 minutes
Exercise: Connecting to a Database 60 minutes

Learn how to create a basic Django template using best-practice principles to ensure an efficient and maintainable build.

What's included

10 videos8 readings6 assignments3 ungraded labs

10 videos Total 59 minutes

Templates 6 minutes
Creating Templates 6 minutes
Working with template language 6 minutes
Dynamic Templates in Django 5 minutes
Mapping model objects to a template 5 minutes
Template inheritance 7 minutes
Working with Template inheritance 6 minutes
Debugging Django applications 7 minutes
Testing in Django 8 minutes
Module summary: Templates 4 minutes

8 readings Total 160 minutes

Template Examples 15 minutes
Solution: Creating Templates 30 minutes
Template Language and Variable Interpolation 20 minutes
Solution: Creating Dynamic Templates 30 minutes
More on Template inheritance 15 minutes
Solution: Working with Templates 30 minutes
Sub-classing Generic Views 15 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes

6 assignments Total 87 minutes

Module Quiz: Templates 30 minutes
Self-review: Creating Templates 9 minutes
Knowledge check: Templates 15 minutes
Self review: Creating Dynamic Templates 9 minutes
Self-review: Working with Templates 9 minutes
Knowledge check: Working with Templates 15 minutes

3 ungraded labs Total 180 minutes

Exercise: Creating Templates 60 minutes
Exercise: Creating Dynamic Templates 60 minutes
Exercise: Working with Templates 60 minutes

Practice and reflect on the skills you learned in this course.

What's included

5 videos3 readings1 assignment1 peer review2 discussion prompts2 ungraded labs

5 videos Total 17 minutes

Course Recap for Django Web Framework 3 minutes
Solution Part 1 - Create the menu page 5 minutes
Solution Part 2 - Create the menu item page 4 minutes
Solution Part 3 - How to create the footer 2 minutes
Congratulations! 3 minutes

3 readings Total 50 minutes

About the final graded project assessment for Django Web Framework 15 minutes
Solution code 30 minutes
Next steps after Django Web Framework 5 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Final graded quiz: Django Web Framework 30 minutes

1 peer review Total 60 minutes

Peer review rubric: Design and Build a simple Django app 60 minutes

2 discussion prompts Total 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

2 ungraded labs Total 180 minutes

Design and build a simple Django app 120 minutes
Peer review sandbox 60 minutes

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Knowledge provided by course is really valuable, but projects and final projects needs to be harder ...

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

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