What Django Is and Why It Exists
See how Django helps turn Python into organized web applications with less repeated setup work.
Meet the core pieces of Django through routing, templates, models, forms, admin, and a mini intake project.
Membership: Academy Plus
Prerequisites:
This track requires the Academy Plus plan.
See how Django helps turn Python into organized web applications with less repeated setup work.
Understand how Django organizes a project so the parts feel named and navigable instead of hidden.
Follow a request from a web address to the Python code that decides what the user sees.
Use templates to separate page layout from changing values so output becomes easier to manage.
Reuse common page structure so small Django sites stay cleaner as they grow.
Meet Django models as the structured way to define and store application data.
Use the Django admin to inspect and manage data without building every management screen by hand.
Handle user-submitted information through Django forms so intake flows become more structured.
Display stored records in templates so a Django page can show real application data.
Finish Year Two by combining routing, templates, models, admin, and forms into a small intake-style app.