Learn Django

In this course you'll learn how to build web apps using the Django web framework. This is a powerful framework that is widely used across the web developer community. Companies like Pinterest, Instagram, and Mozilla use it for a range of applications. In this course you'll learn how to use it to build the course project, the CRM Easy SaaS application.

Here is the complete course curriculum:

Computer Setup

• Install key software components on your computer
• Includes Python, Git, PIP, Virtualenv and an IDE

Crash Course

• A simple intro to Django
• Build a very simple application to understand the basics of Django

Get Django Ready

• Learn how to configure Django for advanced application development
• Includes setting up a database and defining dev environments

Home Page

• Learn about several fundamental components of Django, including apps, views, templates, and URLs
• Build the CRM Easy Home Page

Push to Heroku

• Understand and configure the Heroku application hosting solution
• Prepare the CRM Easy app for deployment, and push to Heroku

Subscriber Form

• Learn about Django authentication, model and form functionality
• Build a subscriber form that processes credit card payments using the Stripe gateway

Login Page

• Advance your understanding of Django's authentication system
• Build a login page for end users

Account List

• Advance your knowledge of Django views
• Build a paginated list of accounts with basic search functionality

Account Detail

• Learn how to query and display database content on a page
• Build a page that can create new accounts and edit existing ones

Contacts

• Learn the basics of AJAX functionality
• Add the ability to add, edit, and delete contacts in relation to accounts

Communications

• This section reinforces everything you've learned in the course
• Learn to build functionality very similar to the previous Contacts chapter (add, edit, delete communications)

Deployment

• Learn how to buy a custom domain name, configure error reporting, and deploy a custom version of the app