Python and Django Full-Stack Web Development for beginners

Explore the shift from web 1.0 to web 2.0, and how frameworks enable a complete site with HTML, HTTP, client-server roles, URL, and JavaScript-driven interactivity without page refresh.

Configure the application by editing project settings and variables, enable debug during development, enforce secure production settings, use UTC and UTF-8 encodings, and set the site language for internationalization.

Learn how to install Django on Windows, Linux, and macOS using pip, Python scripts, and shell commands, including aliases and setup scripts.

Create your first view in a django-based setup, define a view function as a controller in the mvc pattern, configure routing, and return html with utf-8 encoding and comments.

Learn to integrate variables in templates, including conditionals and loops, to render lists and dictionaries into HTML. Practice displaying variables in a template and applying basic template logic.

Explore creating dynamic templates with a simple template language, using template tags, variables, loops, and filters to render flexible HTML in Python and Django full-stack development.

Extend models using a legacy model to share common fields across developer and supervisor, then create three tables for application, supervisor, and development, and manage migrations with a batch file.

Learn to perform migrations with south, including installing the extension and creating the initial schema migration, then applying changes to the database.

Learn to build advanced Django queryset queries using field lookups, Q objects, and filters, including greater than, less than, equal, and excluding results across related models.

Update records in the database using two mechanisms: single-record updates and bulk updates. Learn how updating models, such as project and client data, saves changes across descriptions and tasks.

Explore advanced Django forms, customizing data validation and display with widgets and custom error messages. Learn to set initial data and tailor form behavior in creation views.

Extend class-based views to customize updates and templates for a task model. Use a meta class, a custom update view, and pagination to display the last executed tasks.

Explore the delete view cbv in Django, implement user confirmation before deleting, and wire up delete functionality for task management models such as Task and related views.