Django Basics
Treehouse
Course Summary
When it comes to Python web frameworks, the elephant (pony?) in the room is Django. Let's explore this framework and build the prototype of an e-learning site. We'll look into Django's admin, ORM, migrations, and template system. In the end, you'll have a project you can use to explore even more of the Django world.
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Course Description
About this Course When it comes to Python web frameworks, the elephant (pony?) in the room is Django. Let's explore this framework and build the prototype of an e-learning site. We'll look into Django's admin, ORM, migrations, and template system. In the end, you'll have a project you can use to explore even more of the Django world. What you'll learn
- Django
- Django's project and app structure
- Django's ORM and migrations
About the Teacher
Besides teaching Python at Treehouse, Kenneth Love is a husband & father. He created a few popular Python libraries, worked at most levels of the web stack, & was the Creative Director of a newspaper. He likes board games, whiskey, activism, & dry humor.
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Course Syllabus
Say Hello to Django
Before we can build anything, we need to get Django installed, start our project, and learn some key concepts. 4 steps- Django? 1:02
- Installing Django 1:29
- Starting the Project 2:18
- Introduction 5 questions
What a View!
With Django installed and a project started, we'll dive into views, URLs, and how to start an app. 8 stepsModel Administration
We want to be able to hold data in our application so we need to create at least one model. And once we have a model, we're going to want to be able to create instances of it. Django's ORM and Admin to the rescue! 9 stepsDjango Templates
No application is complete without some sort of user-facing interface. Let's see how to add and use HTML templates in our Django projects. We'll also explore using CSS assets in our project. 12 stepsFinal Details
Our app could use another view and a bit more information for each step. We can add those and finally get some things linked up with a handy new tag. 6 stepsTest Time
Good applications work. Great applications work and have tests to prove it. Let's see about testing our models, views, urls, and templates. 8 steps
