Topic 1: Introduction

What is Django

Scaffolding a Django Project and App

Model View Template

Models

Views

Templates

Introduction to HTTP

Processing a Request

Django Project

A Directory & Django Development Server

Django Apps

View Details

URL Mapping Detail

GET, POST, and QueryDict Objects

Django Settings & Using Settings in the Code

Finding HTML Templates in App Directories

The render Function for rendering a Template

Rendering Variables in Templates

Debugging and Handling Errors

Topic 2: Models and Migrations

Intro

Databases

Relational & Non-Relational

Database Operations

Data Types

SQL CRUD Operations

Create Operations

Read Operations

Update Operations

Delete Operations

Django ORM

Database Configuration and Creating Django Applications

Django Apps

Django Migration

Creating Django Models and Migrations

Field Types

Field Options

Primary Keys

Relationships: Many to One

Many to Many

One-to-One Relationships

Adding the Review Model

Model Methods

Migrating the Reviews App

Django's Database CRUD Operations

Creating an Object with a Foreign Key

The add() Method

The create() and set() Methods for Many-to-Many Relationships

Read Operations

Returning an Object Using the get() Method

Retrieving Objects by Filtering

Filtering by Field Lookups

Using Pattern Matching for Filtering Operations

Retrieving Objects by Excluding

Retrieving Objects Using the order_by() Method

Querying: Across Relationships, Using Foreign Keys, Using Model Name, and Across Foreign Key Relationships Using the Object Instance

Populating the Bookr Project's Database

Topic 3: URL Mapping, Views, and Templates

Introduction

Function-Based Views

Class-Based Views

URL Configuration

Templates

Django Template Language: Template Variables, Template Tags, Comments, and Filters

Template Inheritance, and Template Styling with Bootstrap

Topic 4: Introduction to Django Admin

Introduction

Creating a Superuser Account

CRUD Operations Using the Django Admin App: Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete, and Users and Groups

Registering the Reviews Model

Change Lists

The Publisher Change Page

The Book Change Page

Customizing the Admin Interface

Site-Wide Django Admin Customizations

Examining the AdminSite object from the Python Shell

Customizing the ModelAdmin Classes

The Search Bar

Excluding and Grouping Fields

Topic 5: Serving Static Files

Introduction

Static File Serving

Introduction to Static File Finders

Static File Finders: Use During a Request

AppDirectoriesFinder

Static File Namespacing

Generating Static URLs with the static Template Tag

FileSystemFinder

Static File Finders: Use During collectstatic

STATICFILES_DIRS Prefixed Mode

The findstatic Command

Serving the Latest Files (for Cache Invalidation)

Custom Storage Engines

Topic 6: Forms

Introduction

What Is a Form?

The <form> Element

Types of Inputs

Form Security with Cross-Site Request Forgery Protection

Accessing Data in the View

Choosing between GET and POST

Why Use GET When We Can Put Parameters in the URL?

The Django Forms Library

Defining a Form

Rendering a Form in a Template

Validating Forms and Retrieving Python Values

Built-In Field Validation

Topic 7: Advanced Form Validation and Model Forms

Introduction

Custom Field Validation and Cleaning

Custom Validators

Cleaning Methods

Multi-Field Validation

Placeholders and Initial Values

Creating or Editing Django Models

The ModelForm Class

Topic 8: Media Serving and File Uploads

Introduction

Settings for Media Uploads and Serving

Serving Media Files in Development

Context Processors and Using MEDIA_URL in Templates

File Uploads Using HTML Forms

Working with Uploaded Files in a View

File Uploads with Django Forms

Image Uploads with Django Forms

Resizing an Image with Pillow

Serving Uploaded (and Other) Files Using Django

Storing Files on Model Instances

Storing Images on Model Instances

Working with FieldFile: Custom Storage Engines, Reading a Stored FieldFile, Storing Existing Files or Content in FileField, and Writing PIL Images to ImageField

Referring to Media in Templates

ModelForms and File Uploads

Topic 9: Sessions and Authentication

Introduction

Middleware

Middleware Modules

Implementing Authentication Views and Templates

Password Storage in Django

The Profile Page and the request.user Object

Authentication Decorators and Redirection

Enhancing Templates with Authentication Data

Sessions: The Session Engine, and Do You Need to Flag Cookie Content?

Pickle or JSON storage

Storing Data in Sessions

Topic 10: Advanced Django Admin and Customizations

Introduction

Customizing the Admin Site

Discovering Admin Files in Django

Django's AdminSite Class

Overriding the Default admin.site

Customizing Admin Site Text Using AdminSite Attributes

Customizing Admin Site Templates

Adding Views to the Admin Site

Creating the View Function

Accessing Common Template Variables

Mapping URLs for the Custom View

Restricting Custom Views to the Admin Site

Passing Additional Keys to the Templates Using Template Variables

Topic 11: Advanced Templating and Class-Based Views

Introduction

Template Filters

Custom Template Filters

Template Filters

Setting Up the Directory for Storing Template Filters

Setting Up the Template Library

Implementing the Custom Filter Function

Using Custom Filters inside Templates

String Filters

Template Tags

Types of Template Tags

Simple Tags

How to Create a Simple Template Tag: Setting Up the Directory, Setting Up the Template Library, Implementing a Simple Template Tag, Using Simple Tags inside Templates, and Passing the Template Context in a Custom Template Tag

Inclusion Tags: Implementing Inclusion Tags, and Using an Inclusion Tag inside a Template

Django Views

Class-Based Views

CRUD Operations with CBVs: Create View

Update View: Delete View

Read View

Topic 12: Building a REST API

Introduction

REST APIs

Django REST Framework

Installation and Configuration

Functional API Views

Serializers

Class-Based API Views and Generic Views

Model Serializers

ViewSets

Routers

Authentication

Token-Based Authentication

Topic 13: Generating CSV, PDF, and Other Binary Files

Introduction

Working with CSV Files

Working with Python's CSV Module

Reading Data from a CSV File

Writing to CSV Files Using Python

Working with Excel Files in Python

Binary File Formats for Data Exports

Working with XLSX Files Using the XlsxWriter Package: XLSX Files, The XlsxWriter Python Package, Creating a Workbook, Creating a Worksheet, Writing Data to the Worksheet, and Writing the Data to the Workbook

Working with PDF Files in Python

Converting Web Pages to PDFs

Playing with Graphs in Python

Generating Graphs with plotly: Setting Up a Figure, Generating a Plot, and Rendering a Plot on a Web Page

Integrating plotly with Django

Integrating Visualizations with Django

Topic 14: Testing

Introduction

The Importance of Testing

Automation Testing

Testing in Django

Implementing Test Cases

Unit Testing in Django

Utilizing Assertions: Types of Assertions

Performing Pre-Test Setup and Cleanup after Every Test Case Run

Testing Django Models

Testing Django Views

Testing Views with Authentication

Django Request Factory

Testing Class-Based Views

Test Case Classes in Django

SimpleTestCase

TransactionTestCase

LiveServerTestCase

Modularizing Test Code

Topic 15: Django Third-Party Libraries

Introduction

Environment Variables

django-configurations

manage.py changes

Configuration from Environment Variables

dj-database-url

The Django Debug Toolbar

django-crispy-forms

The crispy Filter

The crispy Template Tag

django-allauth: django-allauth Installation and Setup, GitHub Auth Setup, and Google Auth Setup

Initiating Authentication with django-allauth: Other django-allauth Features

Topic 16: Using a Frontend JavaScript Library with Django

Introduction

JavaScript Frameworks

JavaScript Introduction

React

Components

JSX

JSX Properties

JavaScript Promises

fetch: The JavaScript map Method

The verbatim Template Tag