Module 2 - Django

References

• Getting Started with Django
• Quick install guide
• Write your first Django app
• Django documentation

Timeline

Day 1

Django Tutorial (Part 1, 2) Part 1

Creating a project
The development server
Creating the Polls app
Write your first view

Part 2

Database setup
Creating models
Activating models
Playing with the API
Introducing the Django Admin

Day 2

Django Tutorial (Part 3, 4) Part 3

• Writing more views
• Write views that actually do something
• Raising a 404 error
• Use the template system

Part 4

• Write a minimal form
• Use generic views: Less code is better

Day 3

Django Tutorial (Part 5, 6, 7) Part 5

• Introducing automated testing
• Basic testing strategies
• Writing our first test
• Test a view
• When testing, more is better

Part 6/7 (Optional)

• Customize your app’s look and feel
• Adding a background-image
• Customize the admin form
• Adding related objects
• Customize the admin change list
• Customize the admin look and feel
• Customize the admin index page