Django Training for Python Developers (DJG501)

This comprehensive self-paced Django course is designed to take Python developers from Django beginner to Django pro, guiding you from setting up your computer to deploying your website to production.

We begin with Setting Up Your Computer, where you’ll gather the necessary demo and exercise files, get recommendations for software, and learn the basics of running Python. Setting up your development environment is the first step to ensuring smooth progress throughout the course.

Once your computer is ready, you'll proceed to Getting Started with Django. This part introduces you to server-side programming and the Google Chrome DevTools Network Tab. You’ll create a virtual environment, install Django, and explore its source code. Through hands-on exercises, you'll create your first Django project and app, working with settings and templates to build an "About Us" page.

In Git, GitHub, and an App with a Model, you’ll learn about version control systems, and set up VS Code, Git, and GitHub. You’ll create projects and apps, work with models, and utilize GET, POST requests. Subsequent exercises will guide you through creating views, managing object deletion, and more, using Git for seamless version control.

The course continues with Template Filters and Tags. You’ll learn to set up projects, add template context, and utilize both built-in and custom template filters and tags, enhancing your ability to dynamically generate content.

Next, Static Files will teach you how to manage and add static files to your Django projects. Through exercises, you’ll become proficient in handling static content and reviewing settings to optimize your project's performance.

In Django Admin and the User Model, you’ll set up PostgreSQL, work with the default and custom user models, and leverage Django Admin for efficient database management. Exercises include creating custom user models, adding tables to Django Admin, and generating admin documentation.

We then explore URLs and Slugs, where you'll learn to create slug-generating functions and modify your Django apps to use slugs instead of IDs, making your URLs more user-friendly and SEO-friendly.

Sending email messages becomes straightforward in Sending Email with SendGrid. You'll gain experience with transactional email services and create utility functions to handle email notifications efficiently using SendGrid.

Forms and Widgets covers form processing, creating forms (including job application forms), understanding form fields, and adding validations. You will improve form usability and styling with practical exercises on working with widgets and Crispy Forms.

The ModelForms lesson dives deeper into model relationships. You’ll learn to create ModelForms, work with one-to-many and many-to-many relationships, and tie these concepts together with exercises on adding categories and tags to jokes.

With User Registration, you’ll implement user authentication, customize registration processes, and securely use django-allauth for managing users. You’ll also create ‘My Account’ pages and use Mixins to restrict joke creation to authenticated users.

The Messages Framework lesson explains how to add user feedback messages within your project. Through practical exercises, you will integrate success messages into your views to improve user experience.

In Media Files, you’ll learn to handle user-uploaded files, set up media settings, and manage resumes and avatars. You'll also explore using Amazon S3 for storing static and media files, giving your applications a robust and scalable file storage solution.

For effective data retrieval and manipulation, Making Queries, Ajax, and View Functions will deepen your knowledge of query sets, model relationships, and Ajax for dynamic content loading. You’ll perform exercises on joke voting and updating templates.

The course also covers Pagination and Ordering, teaching you how to paginate data and order query results clearly and efficiently.

With Advanced Querying and Search, you’ll gain insights into field lookups, Q objects, filtering results, and optimizing code using the Django debug toolbar. Exercises include implementing search functionality and aggregating data.

The final stage, Deploying your Website to Production, shows you how to deploy your Django site, ensuring the content you create reaches your audience. You’ll also learn to deploy to Heroku as part of the exercises.

Lastly, Customizing Django Admin provides techniques for modifying Django Admin views, attributes, and permissions, tailoring the admin panel to fit your project's needs.

By the end of this course, you will be proficient in Django, equipped with the skills to manage backend tasks, build robust user interfaces, and deploy functional websites. Your enhanced capabilities will significantly contribute to your company’s web development projects, ensuring efficient, interactive, and modern web applications.