Web Application Technologies and Django

Web Application Technologies and Django

This course is part of Django for Everybody Specialization

Instructor: Charles Russell Severance

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

1,925 reviews

Intermediate level

Some related experience required

Flexible schedule

1 week at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

96%

Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

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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Taught in English

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There are 5 modules in this course

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.

This walks through the installation steps for Django on PythonAnywhere. If you cannot use PythonAnywhere, you can also install Django locally and submit assignments your local computer for grading. Installing Django locally will be described in an upcoming lesson.

What's included

7 videos5 readings1 assignment1 app item

7 videos Total 54 minutes

Welcome to the Course 1 minute
Why Django? 7 minutes
Installing Django on PythonAnywhere 21 minutes
Understanding the DJ4E Autograder 9 minutes
Guido van Rossum: The Early Years of Python 12 minutes
Dr. Chuck Goes Racing - Joliet Illinois 1 minute
Face to Face Office Hours - Tokyo 3 minutes

5 readings Total 50 minutes

Course Pre-Requsites 10 minutes
Course Syllabus 10 minutes
Help Us Learn More About You! 10 minutes
The Django Community and Django Girls 10 minutes
Lecture Resources 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Django Tutorial 1 Quiz 30 minutes

1 app item Total 60 minutes

Auto-grader: Installing Django 60 minutes

During this class you will be using the command line interface (shell) to work with Linux on PythonAnywhere. Since Linux is the operating system used by most of the cloud servers in production, it is good for you to have a basic understanding of the Linux command line interface.

What's included

2 videos1 reading1 assignment

We briefly cover the basics of the HyperText Markup Language (HTML) that is the markup for web pages. For some students this material will be relatively easy and mostly review.

What's included

5 videos3 readings1 assignment1 app item

5 videos Total 37 minutes

WA4E / HTML - HyperText Markup Language (Part 1) 6 minutes
WA4E / HTML - HyperText Markup Language (Part 2) 14 minutes
WA4E / HTML - Code Walkthrough 14 minutes
Tim Berners Lee - Inventor of HTML and HTTP 1 minute
Face to Face Office Hours - New Orleans, LA 2 minutes

3 readings Total 30 minutes

Lecture Resources 10 minutes
HTML Lectures from Web Applications For Everybody 10 minutes
HTML Assignment Specification 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

HTML Quiz 30 minutes

1 app item Total 60 minutes

Autograder: HyperText Markup Language (HTML) 60 minutes

We briefly cover the basics of cascading Style Sheets (CSS) that allow us to style the markup for web pages. For some students this material will be relatively easy and mostly review.

What's included

7 videos2 readings1 assignment

7 videos Total 86 minutes

WA4E/CSS - Cascading Style Sheets (Part 1) 13 minutes
WA4E/CSS - Cascading Style Sheets (Part 2) 15 minutes
WA4E/CSS - Cascading Style Sheets (Part 3) 14 minutes
WA4E Code Walkthrough: CSS - Part 1 13 minutes
WA4E Code Walkthrough: CSS - Part 2 26 minutes
Mitchell Baker - The Mozilla Foundation 3 minutes
Face to Face Office Hours - IIT TechFest - Mumbai, India 3 minutes

2 readings Total 20 minutes

Lecture Resources 10 minutes
CSS Lectures from Web Applications for Everybody 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

CSS Quiz 30 minutes

This is a quick look at databases in general and the basic operations (CRUD) in Structured Query Language (SQL). We don't go too far into SQL because we will be using Django's model capabilities to build the databases for our application. The primary goal is to examine how Django uses SQL.

What's included

5 videos3 readings1 assignment1 app item

5 videos Total 47 minutes

How Databases Work 19 minutes
Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL) 12 minutes
Walkthrough: Basic SQL 7 minutes
Liz Fong - Creating the SQL Standards 8 minutes
Face to Face Office Hours - Kitchener, Ontario 2 minutes

3 readings Total 30 minutes

Lecture Resources 10 minutes
Course Feedback 10 minutes
Keep Learning with Michigan Online 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Basic SQL 30 minutes

1 app item Total 60 minutes

Auto-grader: Basic SQL 60 minutes

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Charles Russell Severance

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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!

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 :)

Reviewed on Dec 28, 2022

Very succinct explanation of web apps basics such as Html/CSS/SQL among others. Assignments were easy but really helped solidify contents from lectures. Overall great intro.

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