Django Training Course - Python Web App Development

Who should attend

Python developers who want to benefit from the functionality of the Django web app framework in order to rapidly build, test and deploy commercial-quality web apps.

Prerequisites

Delegates should have attended our Python Programming course or have equivalent Python coding experience.

On-site

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss requirements for on-site Django training – for instance if your developers need to get up to speed with Python first, need a refresher of Python Best Practice, or perhaps wish to explore developing Django apps using a Python spin-off such as Cython or Jython

Python Web App Development with Django Training Course Syllabus

Introduction to Django

• What is Django?
• Django and Python
• Django’s take on MVC: Model, View and Template
• DRY programming: Don’t Repeat Yourself
• How to get and install Django

Getting started with Django

• About the 3 Core Files:
  
  • models.py
  • urls.py
  • views.py
• Setting up database connections
• Managing Users & the Django admin tool
• Installing and using ‘out of the box’ Django features

Django URL Patterns and Views

• Designing a good URL scheme
• Generic Views

Django Forms

• Form classes 
• Validation
• Authentication
• Advanced Forms processing techniques

Django & REST APIs

• Django REST framework
• Django-piston

Unit Testing with Django

• Overview / Refresher on Unit Testing and why it’s good
• Using Python’s unittest2 library
• Test 
• Test Databases
• Doctests
• Debugging Best Practices