Django Starter Lab · Lesson 10 of 10

Build a Mini Django Intake App

Finish Year Two by combining routing, templates, models, admin, and forms into a small intake-style app.

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What you will learn

  • Explain how a small Django intake app combines routes, views, templates, models, forms, and admin.
  • Trace a service inquiry from page load to submitted data to stored record.
  • Identify which project file owns each beginner responsibility.
  • Describe how stored submissions can be inspected in admin and displayed on a page.
  • Recognize what a beginner mini app does not include yet.
  • Spot missing connections between URL routes, views, forms, templates, models, and admin.

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36 minute lesson with 10 sections, 5 exercises, 4 checkpoint questions, and 1 homework submission.

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Overview

Your final Django Starter Lab build

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The full intake flow

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The model stores the inquiry shape

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The form collects clean input

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The view handles the request

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The URL route connects the page

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Templates show the form and page layout

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Admin and saved-record pages

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What this mini app does not include yet

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Wrap up

Common mistakes and builder thinking

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