Building Web Applications with Django and PostgreSQL

Install python from python.org by downloading the latest version, choosing your OS, and adding python.exe to path. Then set up PyCharm Community Edition and verify the installation.

Install the PyCharm Community Edition IDE for Python development, covering download, setup, and basic project creation for Django. Learn its cross-platform, free features for code analysis, debugging, and version control.

Create your first Python project in PyCharm by setting up a new virtual environment and selecting the base interpreter, then create a main.py welcome script.

Write and run a hello world Python program in PyCharm by creating welcome.py, printing hello world, and executing it to verify the output and exit code zero.

Learn command line basics to interact with the Django workflow, navigate directories, list files with dir, change directories with cd, and run server commands for Django and PostgreSQL.

Learn to install and access the pip command, configure Python path and environment variables, and set up PyCharm for a Django project, including testing pip and selecting the system interpreter.

Learn how the Django web framework speeds development from concept to launch in hours, with out-of-the-box tools for authentication, content administration, security, and rapid scaling.

Install the latest Django framework with pip in a PyCharm IDE terminal. Create a new, lowercase project with django-admin startproject.

Learn how Django architecture is structured, from project creation and settings to installed apps, middleware, urls, templates, and database configuration, including PostgreSQL setup.

Learn to create a simple Django app inside a project using PyCharm, manage.py, and startapp, then explore apps structure, models, views, templates, admin with Postgres database integration in upcoming lectures.

Explore PostgreSQL as a powerful, open-source relational database for web apps, highlighting its data types, integrity, concurrency, security, and the benefits of using it with Django.

Install PostgreSQL on Windows with the EDB interactive installer, configure the postgres user, port 5432, and data directory, then launch pgAdmin to manage Django connected databases.

Learn to connect pgAdmin to PostgreSQL, set a master password for security, and create databases and tables using the pgAdmin UI, along with roles and privileges.

Learn how to connect a Django project to a PostgreSQL database by configuring the settings.py databases default with host, port, user, and password, then run server to verify connection.

Create a basic Django HTTP view in views.py named index that returns an HttpResponse hello message, importing HttpResponse from django.http, then prepare for URL mapping.

Learn to define a Django app url pattern using urls.py, path, and the index view with an empty string route, and wire app urls into the main project.

Include your app urls in the main project by importing include and adding your app's urls to the main urls.py, then test the hello view with runserver.

Install psycopg2 with pip to enable PostgreSQL in a Django project, then run the server and test a view mapped to app URLs that returns new products are coming soon.

Learn to define Django models and create database tables by building a product model in models.py, including fields like name, price, and stock, and see how to map to Postgres.

Learn how Django's built in object relational model interacts with the database by configuring settings, registering the app, and running migrations.

Learn how to create database tables with Django migrations, apply them with manage.py migrate, and set up admin, auth, and content types for your app's models.

Create an offers model with fields code, product name, and discount, then run makemigrations and migrate to establish the PostgreSQL table as part of this assessment.

Define a Django offers model with fields code, product_name, and discount, then run makemigrations and migrate to create the database tables.

Learn to set up and access the Django admin, start the server with manage.py, create a superuser with a valid password, and log in to the Django administration interface.

Explore authentication and authorization in Django by creating and managing users and groups, assigning permissions, enforcing strong passwords, and controlling active versus inactive access to your web application.

Learn how to manage user access in Django: configure staff status, super user, groups, and per-model permissions to add, view, change, or delete items via the admin interface.

Register your custom Django models in the admin dashboard by editing admin.py, importing your models, and using admin.site.register to expose them in the admin area.

Create product records in Django admin using auto-generated forms with name, price, and stock. Customize the admin list to show these fields and perform CRUD operations.

View data in a PostgreSQL table from a Django app, run select queries, and see real time updates as new products are added.

Explore how the model view controller and model view template patterns organize data, the user interface, and logic in Django, using ORM and templates to render responsive web applications.

Learn to create views, handle HTTP requests, and pass database data to templates in a Django and PostgreSQL project. Use models and render to display products with index.html.

Create a Django HTML template by configuring a templates directory and index.html, import the product model, and map products to the template for display.

Display dynamic product data from the database in a Django template by looping over products to show name, price, and stock in html, with template syntax and live updates.

Create a bootstrap template to beautify Django web forms by building a base.html and applying bootstrap CSS and JS via CDN across all templates using a Django block content.

Apply bootstrap to a Django form by extending base.html, using blocks for content, and styling the form with bootstrap templates while running the server.

Learn to build beautiful product cards with bootstrap, displaying product name, price, and add-to-cart button using a reusable card template inside a responsive row and column grid.