Django (High Level Web framework)

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Django 

• Introduction 
• About Django 
• Django Components 
• Installing & Configuring Django Components 
• Django Pre-Requisites 
• Downloading & Installing Django  
• Choosing a Database 
• Creating a New Project 

Module 2: Generating Simple Django Views 

• Generating Simple Django Views 
• About View Functions 
• Using Django’s HttpResponse Class 
• Understanding HttpRequest Objects 
• Using QueryDict Objects 

Module 3: Configuring URLconf’s  

• Configuring URLconf’s 
• About URLconf  
• Regular Expressions 
• Expression Examples  
• Simple URLConf Examples 
• Using Multiple URLConf’s  
• Passing URL Arguments 

Module 4: Django Templates 

• About Templates  
• Template Fundamentals  
• Creating Template Objects  
• Loading Template Files  
• Filling in Template Content (Context Objects) 
• Template Filters 
• Template Tags  
• More on For Loops  
• Template Inheritance  
• Easy Rendering of Templates  
• RequestContext Processors 
• Global Context Processors 

Module 5: Forms  

• Getting Data From the Request Object 
• A Simple Form-Handling Example 
• Making a Contact Form  
• Tying Form Objects Into Views 

Module 6: Database Models with Django 

• About Database Models  
• Configuring Django for Database Access  
• Understanding Django Apps  
• About Django Models  
• Defining Django Models  
• Understanding Model Fields & Options  
• Table Naming Conventions  
• Creating A Django Model  
• Adding the App to Your Project  
• Validating the App  
• Generating & Reviewing the SQL  
• Adding Data to the Model  
• Primary Keys and the Model  
• Simple Data Retrieval Using a Model  
• Understanding QuerySets  
• Applying Filters  
• Specifying Field Lookups  
• Lookup Types  
• Slicing QuerySets  
• Specifying Ordering in QuerySets  
• Common QuerySet Methods  
• Deleting Records  
• Managing Related Records  
• Retrieving Related Records  
• Using Q Objects  
• Creating Forms from Models  

Module 7: Using the Django Admin Interface  

• Using the Django Admin Interface  
• Enabling the Admin Interface  
• Creating an Admin User 

Module 8: Access Control with Sessions and Users  

• Access Control with Sessions and Users  
• Cookies & Django  
• The Django Session Framework  
• Sessions in Views  
• Session Tuning  
• Installing Django User Authentication  
• Using Authentication in Views  
• Login and Logout  
• Building your Own Login/Logout Views  
• Authentication Decorators  
• Adding & Deactivating Users  
• Asynchronous Messaging  
• Managing Permissions 

Module 9: Generic Views  

• Simple Generic Views 
• Using Generic Redirects  
• Other Generic Views  
• Create/Update/Delete Generic views  

Module 10: Deploying Djanogo Applications  

• Deploying Django Applications  

Module 11: Django Case Studies  

• Django Case Studies.