Django for Everybody

Become a master of web app development and Django

Gain a thorough understanding of how web pages are built – and try building one yourself. By learning how to use a Django application, you can begin to craft simple web pages in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).

Learn the basics of web application development

On this course, you’ll do more than just learn the basic structure of a web application. You’ll explore the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request-response cycle. You’ll also learn useful HTTP methods such as GET and POST.

This course also offers an introduction to HTML, so you’ll be comfortable with it when it comes to programming.

Install and deploy a Django application and understand the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern

You can get up-close and personal with Django, a world-leading Python-based software, and will explore the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern for web applications and see how it relates to Django.

Discover its basics, and learn to install and implement a Django application effortlessly. By the end of this course, you’ll know how to deploy a Django application using a service such as PythonAnywhere, so it’s available over the Internet.

Build web pages in HTML

Explore exciting opportunities when you build your own web page using HTML and style it using CSS. You will also learn the basic operations of SQL, so you’ll have more than one programming language at your disposal to develop your skills in web application design.

This course is for anyone who’s interested in web application development. If you’re looking for a career in web design, this course will introduce you to all the basic concepts you need.

Some basic Python programming experience is useful for this course.

Discover the basics of the Django web framework

Django is a high-level Python web framework that encourages fast development and a clean, pragmatic design.

This informative, four-week course from the University of Michigan will teach you all the basics of the Django web framework, and will show you how Django communicates with a database through model objects.

Discover object relational mapping (ORM) for database access in Django

Firstly, you’ll explore object relational mapping (ORM) for database access, and will see how Django models implement this pattern across databases.

You’ll then take a review of the object oriented (OO) pattern present in the Python programming language, and will learn basic structured query language (SQL) and database modeling, including one-to-many and many-to-many relationships and how they work in both the SQL and Django models.

Build your own data model within the Django framework

You’ll then build your own data model in the Django framework, and will apply the Django model query and template tags of Django Template Language (DTL) to it.

You’ll also define class, instance, method build forms in HTML, and will learn how to use the Django console and scripts to interact with your application objects.

Learn from experts in Django at the University of Michigan

As the number one ranking public research university within the United States, the University of Michigan has been a leader in research, learning, and teaching for more than 200 years.

This course is also part of a series of courses that introduces Python programmers to building websites and apps using the Django library. Across the four courses, you’ll learn HTML, CSS, SQL, Django, JavaScript, jQuery, and JSON Web Services.

This programming course is designed for learners who are wanting to get into web development and who have some basic Python programming experience.

This series of courses is also excellent preparation for learning other ways to build web applications using technologies like PHP (Web Applications for Everybody), Flask or Ruby on Rails, and therefore could be suitable to anyone wishing to work within these fields.

Learn the ins and outs of Django and how to build web applications

This practical, six-week course from the University of Michigan will give you all the skills you need in order to build Django-based web applications suitable for use by end users.

Define Django login and decipher how cookies are used to support sessions

You’ll learn about cookies, sessions, and authentication processes within the Django framework, and will decipher how cookies are used to support sessions.

You’ll also build navigation into your applications, and a built-in login functionality which will be able to manage login users in views. Then, you’ll explore a multitude of ways in which to easily improve the look and feel of Django applications.

Create, edit, and delete form flow within the Django framework

You’ll then begin to develop a simple application in order to support a classified ads website. In doing so, you’ll be guided through many of the issues and techniques that you may encounter in website development.

You’ll also learn how to move an application from development to production, will demonstrate how to represent links in a database and will create, edit and delete form flow inside of a generic edit view.

Learn from Django and programming experts at the University of Michigan

As the number one ranking public research university within the entirety of the United States, the University of Michigan has been a world leader in research, learning, and teaching for more than 200 years.

You’ll be guided throughout the course by leaders in the programming field, and the course itself is part of a series that introduces Python programmers to building websites using the Django library. Across the four courses, you’ll learn HTML, CSS, SQL, Django, JavaScript, jQuery, and JSON Web Services.

This programming course is designed for learners who are wanting to get into web development and who have some basic Python programming experience.

This series of courses is also excellent preparation for learning other ways to build web applications using technologies like PHP (Web Applications for Everybody), Flask or Ruby on Rails, and therefore could be suitable to anyone wishing to work within these fields.