Learn Django

Introduction to Django

  • What is Django?
  • History and evolution of the framework
  • Key features of Django
  • Comparison with other frameworks
  • Installation and basic setup

Creating a Django Project

  • Structure of a Django project
  • First steps with django-admin and manage.py
  • Development server configuration
  • Creating applications in Django

Models and Database

  • Defining models
  • Database migrations
  • Types of relationships between models
  • Using databases: SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL
  • Basic queries with Django's ORM

Views and URL Routing

  • Function-based views
  • Class-based views
  • Templates and HTML rendering
  • URL routing and patterns
  • Handling requests and responses

Forms and Validation

  • Creating forms with forms.Form
  • Data validation
  • Model-based forms (ModelForm)
  • Advanced form handling (file uploads, dynamic forms)

Authentication System

  • Introduction to Django’s authentication system
  • User registration and authentication
  • Protecting views with decorators and class-based views
  • Permissions and groups system
  • Social login and other methods (OAuth, JWT)

Django REST Framework (DRF)

  • Introduction to Django REST Framework
  • Data serialization
  • Creating API views and ViewSets
  • Implementing JWT authentication
  • Filtering, pagination, and searching in APIs
  • Building a CRUD with DRF

Frontend and Django

  • Introduction to Django templates
  • Integrating JavaScript in templates
  • Using AJAX in Django
  • Django with frontend frameworks (React, Vue.js, Angular)
  • SPA (Single Page Applications) architecture with Django

Testing and Debugging

  • Introduction to testing in Django
  • Unit and functional tests
  • Testing views and models
  • Test coverage
  • Using debugging tools

Deployment in Production

Optimization and Best Practices

  • Optimizing queries with the ORM
  • Caching views and queries
  • Managing static and media files
  • Organizing large-scale projects
  • Using Celery for asynchronous tasks

Practical Cases

  • Building a blog with Django
  • Developing an API for a mobile app
  • E-commerce system
  • User management platform
  • Creating a real-time notification system