Python Django Web Development: To-Do App

Run the development server and view the app at localhost:8000 to verify installation. Activate the virtual environment, migrate the database, and create a superuser to access the Django admin area.

Create and register a new Django app in your project, add it to installed apps, and review its basic structure: migrations, models, and views.

Explore setting up django routing with urls.py: wire the admin route and include your new to-do list app, defining the root path and future url patterns.

Define a home view, render the home.html template with the request, and map a url pattern named home to serve the page.

Create a base template and extend it with blocks in Django to share the navigation bar and footer across all pages from one file.

Build a Bootstrap navbar for a Django to-do app by copying components and applying them across pages, then customize colors, links, and buttons.

Explore how django dynamic links use named urls and embedded python to update navigation automatically when paths change, avoiding hard-coded html links across a site.

Learn how to pass Python data into Django pages using a context dictionary, render variables in templates, and output dynamic content on pages.

Register your to-do list model in Django admin, display items, and manage status with booleans and simple formatting to reflect completed tasks.

Pull all items from the database in the view, pass them to the context as all_items, and loop through them to render an unordered list on the home page.

Transform the to-do list from a basic list to a bootstrap table by applying table classes, adding striped and bordered styles, and coloring rows when items are completed.

Learn to add custom css to a Django to-do app by creating a static directory, loading a style sheet, and applying a striker class for line-through on completed items.

Learn how Django handles get and post requests and form submissions. Save data to the database, redirect to the home page, and show a flash message after adding an item.

Add a user-facing confirmation message using Django's messaging framework, display it on the home page as a bootstrap alert after adding an item, and include a dismiss button.

Add a delete path and view that uses the item’s primary key (list_id) to delete the to-do item, then redirect to the home page and update links.

Learn to cross off and uncross to-do items in a django web app by updating each item's completed status and saving changes through cross_off and uncross views.

Build an edit form in Django to update a todo item, including a hidden completed field, prefilled with the item, saving on submit, and redirecting home after update.

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