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2020-12-28 18:25:10
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Development Web Development Django

Build a Backend REST API with Python & Django - Beginner

Finally create that App + fully-functioning user database in this crash course to building a REST API
Rating: 4.5 out of 54.5 (3,215 ratings)
16,476 students
Created by Mark Winterbottom, Brooke Rutherford
Last updated 7/2020
English
English
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • How to create the most important part of any user application
  • How to confidently use some of the most in-demand full stack technologies today
  • How to create a local development server from scratch
  • How to create a brand new Django project with sqlite database
  • How to build your own browsable, self documenting REST API
  • Handle user registration, login, and status updates in your app with your very own REST API
Curated for the Udemy for Business collection

Course content

14 sections • 76 lectures • 5h 0m total length

  • Preview01:30
  • Preview01:55
  • Preview05:16
  • Preview02:53
  • Preview01:06
  • Preview01:25

  • Windows: Installing Git, VirtualBox, Vagrant, Atom and ModHeader
    09:22
  • macOS: Installing Git, VirtualBox, Vagrant, Atom and ModHeader
    07:33

  • Creating a workspace
    05:12
  • Creating a Git project
    08:29
  • Pushing to GitHub
    07:18

  • Preview01:47
  • Configuring our Vagrant box
    03:35
  • Running and connecting to our dev server
    01:54
  • Running a Hello World script
    04:03

  • Create Python Virtual Environment
    03:39
  • Preview03:10
  • Create a new Django project & app
    02:39
  • Enable our app in the Django settings file
    02:14
  • Test and commit our changes
    03:13

  • What are Django Models?
    00:38
  • Create our user database model
    Preview10:56
  • Add a user model manager
    11:06
  • Set our custom user model
    01:18
  • Create migrations and sync DB
    03:41

  • Creating a superuser
    02:33
  • Preview01:15
  • Test Django Admin
    04:26

  • What is an APIView?
    02:47
  • Create first APIView
    07:06
  • Configure view URL
    05:37
  • Testing our API View
    02:05
  • Create a Serializer
    03:44
  • Add POST method to APIView
    07:38
  • Test POST Function
    02:28
  • Add PUT, PATCH and DELETE methods
    04:24
  • Test the PUT, PATCH and DELETE methods
    03:29

  • What is a Viewset?
    02:35
  • Create a simple Viewset
    04:00
  • Preview04:44
  • Testing our Viewset
    02:27
  • Add create, retrieve, update, partial_update and destroy functions
    06:42
  • Test Viewset
    03:49

  • Plan our Profiles API
    02:12
  • Create user profile serializer
    08:35
  • UPDATE: Bug in profile serializer
    01:01
  • Create profiles ViewSet
    02:39
  • Register profile Viewset with the URL router
    01:23
  • Test creating a profile
    04:05
  • Create permission class
    06:37
  • Preview03:35
  • Test new permissions
    02:27
  • Add search profiles feature
    02:13
  • Test searching profiles
    04:15

Requirements

  • A basic level of experience in any programming language.
  • Familiarity with simple command line tools like command prompt or terminal.
  • Access to a computer running either Windows 10 or Mac OS
  • A passion for learning and a willingness to persevere when things get tough.
  • If using Windows, your machine needs to support virtualization

Description

Welcome to the beginner course on How to Build a REST API from scratch, using Django, Django REST Framework, Python, Vagrant, VirtualBox, Atom, and ModHeaders. You'll also learn how to deploy your dev server to AWS!

This course is made with Django 2.2 and Django REST Framework 3.9.

The skills taught in this course are absolutely essential for creating successful products that users love and can’t live without.

Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, you name it. These apps all have their own backend REST APIs that handle millions of call requests everyday. You cannot build a successful app without a backend REST API.

Not only is it essential to whatever app or MVP you are building -- the skills you learn in this course will make you a kickass developer in the workplace.

If you’re a front-end developer and you take this course, you’ll be able to “speak backend” with your colleagues and understand what’s going on “under the hood” of all your projects, increasing your confidence and earning the respect of your peers.

If you’re a newbie developer or just starting out in your career, this course will give you a very practical foundation to building your portfolio and increasing your earning potential.

In this course you will learn the best-practice way of building your very own REST API.

You will learn how to create a local development server and test your code each step of the way.

Whether you’re looking to gain a bit of experience with backend development, or you’re looking to create a REST API to turn your app idea into a reality - then this course is for you.

By the end of this course you will have built a fully functioning REST API that can handle:

  • Creating and updating user profiles.

  • Login and authentication.

  • Posting status updates.

  • Viewing status update feeds.

You’ll also have a solid foundation to understanding one of the most complex components in software development.

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for developers who want build a REST API either for their app, MVP or business idea.
  • This course is for frontend developers who want to learn backend.

Featured review

Carlos Andrés Campo González
Carlos Andrés Campo González
71 courses
35 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 54 months ago
Excellent teacher, please, please do more courses! You should do a real full scale project (e-commerce website or social network, for example) with both back-end and front-end ready for final user (not a basic one), deployed in containers and configured with scalable deployemnt. That is the kind of class that I've yet to find in the Internet, and I think it matches perfectly your teaching style.

Instructors

Mark Winterbottom
Full-Stack Software Engineer
Mark Winterbottom
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 7,089 Reviews
  • 30,388 Students
  • 4 Courses

Hey, I’m Mark! I’m an award-winning full-stack software engineer with a passion for learning and teaching new technologies.

This passion started at 12-years-old when I taught myself how to make Windows batch scripts.  Little did I know that hacking around on my computer back then would turn into a life-long passion for programming.

I went on to complete a degree in Computer Systems Networking at Nottingham Trent University, and worked in various developer roles at multinational corporations and startups.  

I always believed that the final step to learning is teaching. And so I started a software development blog and consultancy firm called London App Developer.  My work has been featured in the Daily Mail, Mashable, TechCrunch, the Huffington Post, the Mirror and Gizmodo, and over 30,000 developers read my programming tutorials every month.

My goal for teaching on Udemy is to help developers make a better living through their code. Whether that’s by building new systems and tools to make the world a better place, or just to make their lives easier. If I can help them to increase their earning power, so they can better support their communities and loved ones, then even better. :)

My specialities are Python, Django, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3, but because I’m full-stack, I can work my way around most programming languages and frameworks.

I live in London, England with my wife and business partner, Brooke.

Brooke Rutherford
Brand & Marketing Communications
Brooke Rutherford
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 7,089 Reviews
  • 30,388 Students
  • 4 Courses

Hi! I'm Brooke. I'm a digital marketing professional with an expertise in social media, branding and content strategy. I'm also one half of a London-based software consultancy firm (and blog) called London App Developer. We make training guides and courses for the developer community. :)

After earning a MA in Communication from the University of Ottawa, I moved to London, England to start a career in journalism, PR and social media. After a short time in this city, I moved into education and technology, and the two have been a passion of mine ever since! 

I've worked for struggling start-ups and billion-dollar companies. My experience has been diverse. But each role and project has given me a unique perspective on how to connect and develop long-term, meaningful relationships with customers to drive sales and growth for brands and business.

Though not a developer by trade - I am in business/married to one! My role on Udemy right now is to help support the delivery of our first course called BUILD YOUR BACKEND USING PYTHON & DJANGO REST FRAMEWORK. We hope you enjoy it!

-Brooke

 

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