Django Course For Absolute Beginners

Install Python and Visual Studio Code, verify versions, and set up a project folder with a virtual environment to manage dependencies for your Django beginner project.

Set up a Python virtual environment to isolate Django dependencies, activate and deactivate it across macOS and Windows, and prepare to install Django in the project-specific environment.

Create a Django project using the documentation and set up a virtual environment. Run the development server and explore core files like manage.py, settings.py, urls.py, and wsgi.

Install Python, Django template support, and VS Code icon theme extensions in Visual Studio Code, select the virtual environment Python interpreter, and enable autosave.

Create a contact us page with its view, template, and styling to complete the exercise, building on the existing about page.

Learn to use the Django admin dashboard to manage the application and run migrations. Create a superuser, log in, and explore user and site management.

Implement a Django blog project by creating a base template with a reusable header and footer, extending it in pages, and styling with static css for dynamic content blocks.

Develop a Django post app by creating a model with title, content, author, and image fields, configuring media uploads, and registering the app and model in settings and admin.

Implement a Django post list template with a for loop and a template tag, conditionally display post image, truncate descriptions, and link to the post detail page via app routing.

Learn to create and apply django migrations, register a post model with the admin, and build a blog with a post list and post detail views, including adding posts.

Create a Django users app to register, log in, and post; configure settings, URLs, views, and templates, and implement login/logout with forms and redirects.

Implement and test user registration and login in Django, handling post and get requests with a user creation form, authenticating, logging in, redirecting, and displaying errors.

Edit the temp register.html in VS Code to use a form container for login, refresh to see improved styling, then implement the add post feature so users can post.

Implement a Django post creation flow: build a create-post form, connect it to a view with login protection, save the post with author metadata, and display it on post page.

Implement logout in the base template by adding a post form to users/logout, styling the submit button, and verifying the admin links hide after logout.

Use Django authentication in templates to show or hide navigation. Expose home and posts for all, show admin pages to superusers, and toggle login or register.