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Django Foundations🎸

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Django 6

Master Django from the ground up. Learn the MTV architecture, models, views, templates, forms, and build complete web applications following Django conventions and best practices.

10

Sections

31

Lessons

30

Challenges

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What is Django?

Setting Up Your Django Environment

Django Architecture Pattern(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Creating Your First Django Project

Creating Your First Django App

Projects and Apps(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Starting the Development Server(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Introduction to Django Models

Choosing Field Types(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Database Migrations

Migration Commands Order(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

CRUD Operations with the ORM

Queryset Filtering(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Function-Based Views

URL Path Converters(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Advanced URL Patterns

View Decorators

URL Parameter Types(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Reverse URL Lookup(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

Template Basics

Template Variable Syntax(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Template Inheritance

Template Inheritance Keyword(Sign in required)

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Built-in Tags and Filters

Date Formatting Filter(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

Introduction to Django Forms

CSRF Token Purpose(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Form Widgets and Customization

Form Validation Pipeline(Sign in required)

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Modelform Save Commit(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

Setting Up the Admin

Customizing the Admin

Admin List Options(Sign in required)

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Admin Inline Editing(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

Admin Action Definition(Sign in required)

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Working with Static Files

Static Files in Templates(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Handling User Uploads

Serving Files in Production

File Upload Forms(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Static vs Media Files(Sign in required)

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Django Authentication System

Protecting Views

Login Required Decorator(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Password Management

Built-in Auth Views(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

User Authenticated Check(Sign in required)

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Introduction to Class-Based Views

Class-Based View Request Flow(Sign in required)

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CRUD with Generic Views

View Mixins and Composition

Cbv List Context(Sign in required)

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Generic View Types(Sign in required)

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Production Settings

Debug Production(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Deploying with WSGI

Environment Variables and Configuration

Production Settings(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

Allowed Hosts(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

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