meta-backend-developer-django

A Django course from the Meta Back-End Developer Professional Certificate

Objectives

Module 1: Introduction to Django

• Differentiate between an app and project structure
• Learn to use basic commands with django-admin and manage.py.
• Create an app inside an existing project using the correct structure.
• Use the MVT framework to ensure reusability of code.
• Use the DRY principles to organize your code.

Module 2: Views

• Create views and view logic that can process basic HTTP requests.
• Use the request and response objects for common operations.
• Differentiate parameters and how they associate with HTTP methods such as GET, PUT, POST and DELETE.
• Use regular expressions to create different URL patterns.
• Map URLs to views.
• Handle errors at the HTTP , View logic and View levels.
• Use class-based views in Django and reuse them across a project.

Module 3: Models

• Create Models.
• Apply migrations to appropriate use cases using a best practice approach.
• Use the QuerySet API to interact with the database.
• Create a form and use the Form API to bind data to objects.
• Use the Django admin panel to add and control the permissions of users and groups.
• Set up a MySQL database for your Django app.

Module 4: Templates

• Create templates and use the template language to create markup.
• Use templating to generate HTML.
• Work with Templates.