Get Started With Django: Build a Portfolio App

Martin Breuss 45 Lessons 3h 44m
basics django web-dev

Django is a fully featured Python web framework that can be used to build complex web applications. In this course, you’ll jump in and learn Django by example. You’ll follow the steps to create a fully functioning web application and, along the way, learn some of the most important features of the framework and how they work together.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Understand what Django is and why it’s a great web framework
Understand the architecture of a Django site and how it compares with other frameworks
Set up a new Django 2 project and app
Build a personal portfolio website with Django 2 and Python 3

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Get Started With Django

7 Lessons 17m

1. Get Started With Django: Overview (01:31)

2. Web Frameworks and Django (03:51)

3. What You'll Build and Learn (04:42)

4. Django Apps (02:25)

5. Django Files (02:18)

6. Django Flow (02:01)

7. Get Started With Django: Recap (01:02)

Set Up Your Development Environment

4 Lessons 16m

1. Set Up Your Development Environment: Overview (01:21)

2. Start Setting Up Your Development Environment (09:40)

3. Create a Django Project (03:19)

4. Set Up Your Development Environment: Recap (02:07)

Build a Django Application

10 Lessons 47m

1. Build a Django Application: Overview (01:33)

2. Django by Error Messages (03:45)

3. Create the App (03:35)

4. Register the App (02:25)

5. Build Your Routes (07:51)

6. Create a View (08:05)

7. Create a Template (07:28)

8. Django's Double Folder Structure (03:41)

9. Style With Bootstrap (04:30)

10. Build a Django Application: Recap (04:29)

Showcase Your Projects

14 Lessons 1h 18m

1. Showcase Your Projects: Overview (02:20)

2. Projects App Preview (01:24)

3. Django Models (08:09)

4. Migrations: SQLite (09:46)

5. Static Files (06:57)

6. Django Shell (05:08)

7. Build Routes (04:12)

8. Build Views (06:19)

9. Create Your Templates: Part 1 (06:03)

10. Create Your Templates: Part 2 (03:27)

11. Debugging: Part 1 (10:06)

12. Debugging: Part 2 (07:12)

13. Styling (04:02)

14. Showcase Your Projects: Recap (03:29)

Display a Single Project

10 Lessons 1h 4m

1. Display a Single Project: Overview (02:11)

2. Django ORM: Accessing a Single Project (04:42)

3. Variable Arguments From URLs: Routing and Views (11:28)

4. URL Linking: app_name, Path Names, and Arguments (09:58)

5. NoReverseMatch Debugging (03:00)

6. Template Inheritance (08:22)

7. More Styling (06:52)

8. Using the Django Admin Interface (07:40)

9. Display a Single Project: Recap (06:57)

10. Next Steps: Make a Blog (03:19)

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About Martin Breuss

Martin loves programming, goofy jokes, snakes and humans! All of this makes him feel connected to the Python community all the way down to the bottom turtle. He likes to learn and explore and talk about it—and he creates tutorials for Real Python.

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