Test-Driven Development With Django: Build Apps Step-By-Step

If you want to become a confident Django developer who writes clean, reliable, and production-ready code, this course is for you. In this step-by-step, project-based training, you will learn Test-Driven Development (TDD) in Django by actually building real features — not just theory.

Whether you are a beginner in Django or someone looking to improve your professional development workflow, this course will teach you how to structure your project, write tests first, and then build features that pass your tests. This approach ensures your apps are more stable, easier to maintain, and ready for real-world deployment.

Throughout the course, we build a complete Django application from scratch using TDD principles. You will learn how to create views, templates, models, relationships, authentication systems, user accounts, user profiles, and styling with Bootstrap & Crispy Forms — all while testing every feature you create.

By the end of this course, you will have strong hands-on experience in building secure, tested, and scalable Django applications.

What You Will Learn

• Set up a Django project with a structured TDD workflow

• Write tests for views, templates, forms, and models

• Create list views and detail views using Django’s class-based views

• Build and test model relationships

• Implement full user authentication (Sign Up, Login, Logout)

• Create user profiles and add profile avatars

• Protect pages using Django’s login-required decorator

• Build object creation views for dynamic content

• Add Bootstrap and Crispy Forms for clean and modern UI

• Implement password reset functionality

• Learn best practices for building scalable Django apps

• Follow step-by-step feature development using real testing techniques

Course Content Overview

1. Project Intro & Setup

We begin by setting up the project structure for a clean and test-ready environment. You’ll configure your Django environment and write your first test to understand the TDD flow.

2. Testing Views and Templates

Learn how to test views and templates before building them. Understand HTTP responses, resolving URLs, and ensuring your pages load correctly.

3. Building a List View

Create dynamic list views using Django’s class-based views while writing all necessary tests beforehand.

4. Building Detail Views

Build detailed pages for individual objects with full test coverage.

5. Building & Testing Model Relationships

Learn how to structure Django models, add relationships (ForeignKey, One-to-Many), and write tests to verify correctness.

6–8. Full User Account Creation System

Build the user registration system — from creating the user creation page, sign-up form, saving users in the database, and verifying user creation with tests.

9–11. Login, Logout & Password Reset

Implement Django’s authentication system step-by-step.

• Login page

• Logout functionality

• Email-based password reset system
  All developed using TDD to ensure reliability.

12. Object Creation View

Build forms that allow users to create new objects from the frontend with full backend validation and testing.

13. Styling with Bootstrap & Crispy Forms

Make your application visually appealing with Bootstrap integration. Use Django Crispy Forms to improve form layouts and UI easily.

14. Protecting Views with Login Required Decorator

Learn how to make certain pages accessible only to logged-in users and test all protected views.

15–16. Creating & Updating User Profiles

Add user profiles, allow users to upload and update avatars, and build update views — all while writing comprehensive tests.