Django Web Framework
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Django Web Framework
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Build a web server
Data modeling
Implement web security best practices
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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
- 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
- Module Quiz: Introduction to Django•30 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
- 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
- Module Quiz: Views•30 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.
What's included
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
- 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
- Module Quiz: Models•30 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
- 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
- Module Quiz: Templates•30 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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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 Jan 6, 2023
Knowledge provided by course is really valuable, but projects and final projects needs to be harder ...
Reviewed on Jun 15, 2023
En lo personal me hubiera gustado un curso de mayor complejidad, pero el curso es muy bueno para principiantes.
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