Django Training Course - Python Web 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

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 classesandnbsp;
• 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
• Testandnbsp;
• Test Databases
• Doctests
• Debugging Best Practices