Django for Beginners

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Django for Beginners | Online

Online Campus

Online
Anywhere
Online

Past Locations for this Workshop

About this workshop

This workshop explores each part of the framework, best practices, and real-world development techniques. Plus, get hands-on experience by building a sample polling system with dynamic, database-driven content. Arshad teaches how to design an application; route browser requests to return dynamic page content; structure and interact with databases using object-oriented programming; create, update, and delete records; and implement user authentication.

This workshop is ideal for: - Anyone interested in creating web applications, and learning the MVC architecture. - People who have learned Ruby on Rails and want to learn an alternative.

Takeaways

  • Learn the MVC architecture in the Django framework
  • Configure the Django “admin site”
  • Understand how to extend the Django forms and generic controllers
  • Introduction to testing in Django
  • Explore how static files are served

Prereqs & Preparation

  • Macbook with Python and Django 1.8 installed.
  • Sublime Text 2.
  • Solid understanding of HTML/CSS.
  • Comfortable with using Terminal.
  • Basic understanding of programming (variables, conditionals, functions).
  • Preview MVC knowledge is a plus, but not required.

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