Django REST framework for absolute beginners

Name: Django REST framework for absolute beginners
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Learn how to build a Web APIs with Django REST framework in a very clear and easy way

Created byWissem Khrarib

Last updated 5/2023

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What you'll learn

Create a Django project
Add apps to the project
Make the migrations and update the database
Use the Django administrative panel to populate the database
Customize the views to the admin
Create the serializers for our models
Create the views to handle the client request
Test the app with Postman
Make the code clean using class based views
Make the code cleaner using mixins and generics

Course content

5 sections • 18 lectures • 53m total length

Setting up our django project7:55
Learn to set up a Django project, create an app, define a customer model with name, age, address, and phone, migrate to sqlite, and run the admin dashboard.

Accessing admin site3:31
Access the Django admin site, create a super user, and log in to manage users and groups; then register the customer model in admin.py to enable admin management.
Customizing the admin site1:43
Customize the admin site by creating a CustomerAdmin class that inherits from admin.ModelAdmin and displays name, age, and phone number. Register the admin to see the changes in the browser.

Adding Django rest framework to our project1:38
Implementing the serializer class2:57
Implementing the LIST view2:29
Mapping the LIST view to a url2:11
Saving data in the database1:37
Test our application with postman2:09
Getting an object from the database2:58
Updating an object in the database2:20
Update a customer with the put method by extracting request data and using a serializer to update the object in the database; return the updated object as json when valid.
Deleting an object form the database1:00
Cleaning up our code3:41
Learn to clean up code in a Django REST framework project by using REST framework status codes, the response object, and request data, replacing JSON and HTTP responses.

Requirements

Basic understanding of Python

Description

Django REST framework is a powerful and flexible toolkit for building HTTP enabled service APIs that expose service and data. It can be consumed by a broad range of clients including browsers, mobiles, desktop and tablets. As it is HTTP service, so it can reach a broad range of client.

Django is a back-end framework used by Python developers to develop back-end applications. Django REST framework is used build Web APIs with Django

This course will take you in a step-by-step way to build your own Web APIs with Django REST framework

By taking this course you will have the required skills that you need to build real applications using Django REST framework and to learn advanced topics about Django REST framework

Requirements for this Course:

Basic Python knowledge

Who this course is for:

The course is python developers who wants to start learning web development with Django and Django rest framework
This course is ideal for people who wish to build their own web APIs that can be connected to a Front-end application developed with a Front-end framework like React or Angular

What you’ll learn

Django project structure
Admin site in a Django project
Class based views
Generic views
Implementing CRUD operations

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to start learning web development with Django

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Course content

Setting up the project1 lecture • 8min

working with the admin site2 lectures • 5min

Basics of Django rest framework10 lectures • 23min

Class based views2 lectures • 7min

Mixins classes3 lectures • 11min

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