Learn Django fundamentals and understand why it's a powerful web framework.
- What is Django?
- Django philosophy
- MVT architecture
- Django vs other frameworks
- Installation and setup
- Virtual environments
- Creating first project
- Django ecosystem
Understand Django project structure and configuration management.
- Project vs apps
- Directory structure
- Settings configuration
- Environment variables
- Database configuration
- Static files setup
- Debug settings
- Production configuration
Master Django's ORM and database modeling capabilities.
- Model definition
- Field types
- Model relationships
- Model methods
- Database migrations
- QuerySet API
- Database optimization
- Custom managers
Create views and implement URL routing for your Django applications.
- Function-based views
- Class-based views
- URL patterns
- URL namespacing
- View decorators
- Generic views
- Mixins
- Request/Response handling
Build dynamic templates and manage static assets effectively.
- Template syntax
- Template inheritance
- Template tags
- Template filters
- Context processors
- Static files handling
- Media files
- Template optimization
Handle user input with Django forms and implement robust validation.
- Form classes
- ModelForms
- Form fields
- Form validation
- Custom validators
- Formsets
- File uploads
- CSRF protection
Implement user authentication and authorization systems.
- User model
- Authentication views
- Login/logout
- User registration
- Password management
- Permissions
- Groups
- Custom user models
Leverage Django's powerful admin interface for content management.
- Admin interface setup
- Model registration
- Admin customization
- Custom admin actions
- Inline editing
- Admin permissions
- Admin themes
- Advanced admin features
Build powerful REST APIs using Django REST Framework.
- DRF installation
- Serializers
- API views
- ViewSets
- Routers
- Authentication
- Permissions
- API documentation
Implement comprehensive testing strategies for Django applications.
- Testing framework
- Unit tests
- Integration tests
- Test client
- Test databases
- Fixtures
- Mocking
- Coverage analysis
Secure Django applications and optimize for performance.
- Security best practices
- CSRF protection
- XSS prevention
- SQL injection protection
- Caching strategies
- Database optimization
- Query optimization
- Performance monitoring
Deploy Django applications to production environments.
- Production settings
- WSGI/ASGI servers
- Static file serving
- Database configuration
- Environment management
- Docker deployment
- Cloud deployment
- Monitoring and logging