
Build web applications quickly and effectively with Django and Python to solve real internet problems, and join the high-energy Try Django 1.11 series for beginners.
Learn to start a django 1.11 project from scratch. Install django, set up a virtual environment, configure local and production settings, migrate the database, and run the development server.
Learn to create a Django template by adding a templates folder, building base.html, and rendering it with Django's render function using a context dictionary to inject dynamic values.
Learn to retrieve a single item from the database in Django using query sets, filters, and get object or 404, with slug or primary key lookups.
Learn to enforce login using a decorator and a mixin for both function-based and class-based views, configure redirects and a default login URL in settings.
Learn to use Django reverse to generate URLs dynamically and avoid hard coding, leveraging get_absolute_url, slug fields, and including app URLs with namespaces.
Learn to build a robust, user-specific search in Django 1.11 by adding a custom restaurant location manager, using q lookups, and filtering by owner to query names, categories, and items.
Learn how to implement activation keys in Django, generate a secure activation key, send activation emails, configure email settings, and build the activation flow with a view and URL reverse.
Python is one of the best programming languages in the planet. Why? For a few reasons:
Proven & Scalable: Python runs Instagram's backend. It also run's Pinterest's, NASA, Mozilla, and countless others. It scales.
Open-Source: Open source technology means **anyone** can change it. Literally anyone. Are you in New Zealand? Yup you can change the code. Are you in Argentina? Yup, go ahead change it. Open-source changes the game for everyone because we can all use it.
Internet of Things (IoT) and Raspberry PI Connected devices are coming in waves. The easiest way to connect to these devices is using the Raspberry Pi and writing code in Python. Python is versatile so it makes controlling real-world objects with Raspberry Pi simple.
Pushing the Bounds of Future Technology Python is leading the charge in artificial intelligence with things like OpenCV, TensorFlow, PyBrain, and many others.
Sooo... Python is cool but why is this called Try Django? What's Django?
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Django will be the backbone for your projects.
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If you work with Python, the chances are good you need internet-connected data that stored securely and is reliable. This is where Django comes in. Django is a web-framework that can handle all of your data and handle it better than any web framework out there.
Django is the #1 Web Framework for Python for a reason: it's easy enough for the beginners and yet powerful enough for the pros. Instagram uses Python by way of Django. So does Pinterest. And Nasa. And Mozilla. It may not be the only technology that they use but its... the backbone of them all.
If Python is the future behind underlying technology, Django will be it's close cousin and if you love Python, Django will soon become your friend.
Cheers!
Justin