Build Full Stack Django 3 Blog app and REST API With Python

This lecture provides a quick overview of building a Django blog app. It covers navigation, posts, comments, author follows, and basic API for listing and creating posts.

Install Python and Visual Studio Code on Windows, download 64-bit versions, then set up your Django project and activate a virtual environment to start full stack development.

Activate the virtual environment, install Django, and start a coding site project to run a local server, then create the blog app and register it in settings.

Learn to set up and manage static files in a Django blog app, load images and animations in the browser, and configure static settings across templates.

Deploy a Django-based blog app by adding a templates directory, wiring index.html via a view, configuring the templates path, and rendering the blog UI while troubleshooting template not found errors.

Create and manage a Django blog post model with image, title, category, date, and text, register it in the admin panel, run migrations, and use a superuser to publish posts.

Create and extend a Django blog with a post detail view by defining models (author, category), adding text fields and a slug, wiring migrations, templates, and a dedicated detail route.

Create and refine the contact and about pages within the blog app, adjust links to home, about, and contact, and fix static image loading.

Learn to load and display all blog posts on the homepage using Django's generic ListView, wiring up models, templates, and admin to render a dynamic blog index.

Learn to add a comment system and a like system to your website using a Facebook like plugin, and deploy it on PythonAnywhere for free hosting.