Django Developer Fundamentals

The course

• 1. Django Object Relational Mapping (ORM): Models and Migrations

  Understand the nuances of Django’s ORM and take a closer look at models and migrations. You’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of how models serve as the cornerstone for structuring database schema and managing data.

• 2. Django ORM - Querying

  This is a dynamic session focused on querying, where you’ll master the art of retrieving and manipulating data efficiently. Hands-on coding exercises are used to offer real-time experience in crafting queries.

• 3. Django ORM - Advanced

  Building on your growing understanding of models and querying patterns developed in the previous sessions, we address the intersection of model definitions, migrations and querying. We cover making your complex queries easily reusable, how to decide between Django's different forms of model inheritance, and how to make complex schema changes without data loss by writing your own data migrations.

• 4. Django Views and Templates

  In this session we'll cover the basics of Django's request-response cycle, focusing on the role of Views and Templates. We'll cover function and class-based views, the use of mixins and decorators as we as common templating patterns. By the end of this session you'll be ready to embark on Course 2: Wagtail CMS Fundamentals.