Introduction to Django

What is Django? Django and Python Django’s take on MVC: Model, View and Template DRY programming: Don’t Repeat Yourself How to get and install Django

Getting started with Django

About the 3 Core Files:

• models.py
• urls.py
• views.py

Setting up database connections Managing Users & the Django admin tool Installing and using ‘out of the box’ Django features

Django URL Patterns and Views

Designing a good URL scheme Generic Views

Django Forms

Form classes Validation Authentication Advanced Forms processing techniques

Django & REST APIs

Django REST framework Django-piston

Unit Testing with Django

Overview / Refresher on Unit Testing and why it’s good Using Python’s unittest2 library Test Test Databases Doctests Debugging Best Practices