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Python Django - The Practical Guide

22h 54m 38s
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Updated September 2026

Python Django - The Practical Guide is a 232-lesson 22 hours 54 minutes self-paced course by Academind Pro (Maximilian Schwarzmüller). Python is flexible enough to build almost anything, and one of its most common uses is building websites – which is where Django comes in.

Course facts

Lessons
232
Duration
22 hours 54 minutes
Level
All levels
Language
English
Updated
2026-09-11
Instructor
Academind Pro (Maximilian Schwarzmüller)
Price
Premium

Python is flexible enough to build almost anything, and one of its most common uses is building websites – which is where Django comes in. Rather than reinventing request handling, templating, and database access from scratch, Django gives you all of it out of the box.

What this course covers

Maximilian Schwarzmüller takes you through Django from the very first project setup, covering how requests and responses work, how to render dynamic HTML with templates, and how to manage data through Django's database layer – all in depth, with no prior Django knowledge assumed.

Basic Python and general web development knowledge is enough to get started; everything specific to Django is built up from there across 232 lessons, with companion project code included.

But one of the primary things you can build with Python is a website! You can use Python for web development.

And to make that easier, you would typically use a framework like Django - simply because that allows you to focus on your core business logic and you don't need to re-invent the wheel and implement all the nitty-gritty technical details from scratch.

And this course is about Django - the most popular Python web development framework out there!

Django covers all aspects of web development - from handling requests and responses, over rendering dynamic HTML pages with templates, all the way up to making database access and data management easy. It's all baked in and it's all covered in great detail in this course!

This course teaches Django from the ground up - you don't need to know anything about it to get started. Basic Python and web development knowledge is all you need.

We'll start at the absolute basics and understand how to create Django project, how to run them and how to add features - step by step.

In detail, this course covers:

  • Installing Django
  • Creating and understanding Django projects
  • Understanding URLs, views, requests and responses
  • Working with templates and static files like CSS and images
  • Working with data and models
  • Connecting data with relationships (one-to-many, one-to-one, many-to-many)
  • Querying data with Django's powerful model solution
  • Adding administration panels to your projects
  • Handling user input with forms - manually and with Django's built-in form support
  • Advanced features like class-based views (and when to use them)
  • Dealing with file uploads and how to serve uploaded files
  • Working with sessions
  • In-depth deployment instructions and examples
  • Different ways of deploying and serving static files and user uploads
  • And much more!

All those concepts are taught in great depth and backed up by a complete example course project where we build a "Blog website" from the ground up.

Therefore, you'll learn all the important concepts and the theory and you're also going to be able to see it applied to a real project.

Hence, once you completed the course, you'll have a very solid understanding of Django and you'll be able to dive into your own Django projects!

Additional

https://github.com/academind/django-practical-guide-course-code

Who teaches Python Django - The Practical Guide? Academind Pro (Maximilian Schwarzmüller)

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Academind is the teaching brand of Maximilian Schwarzmüller (Max) and Manuel Lorenz, two German developers whose Udemy catalog has become one of the largest single-instructor presences on that platform. Max in particular is widely cited as one of the clearest teachers of the JavaScript framework landscape — his Angular, React, Vue, and Node.js courses have collectively taught millions of students.

The Academind Pro platform extends beyond Udemy with deeper, more comprehensive courses aimed at developers building real applications rather than picking up syntax. Course material covers the full modern web stack: React (including Next.js), Vue, Angular, Node.js, NestJS, TypeScript, Docker, AWS, React Native, Flutter, and the broader full-stack JavaScript ecosystem.

The CourseFlix listing under this source carries over 25 Academind Pro courses spanning that range. Material is paid; Academind Pro runs on per-course pricing on the original platform. Courses are taught in Max's signature thorough, build-an-application-with-me style — long-form, deeply project-based, and continuously updated as the underlying frameworks evolve.

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#1: Introduction
All Course Lessons (232)
#Lesson TitleDurationAccess
1
Introduction Demo
02:06
2
What is Django?
04:59
3
The Course Prerequisites
01:55
4
What's Inside the Course?
03:15
5
Getting the Most out of the Course
03:06
6
Choose Your Course Path!
02:42
7
Module Introduction
01:06
8
Installing Python & Django
06:26
9
Creating a Django Project
02:34
10
Installing an IDE
07:55
11
Analyzing the Created Project
04:49
12
Starting a Development Server
05:06
13
Django Apps
08:20
14
Analyzing the Created Project
02:28
15
Module Introduction
02:46
16
Creating a New Project
05:35
17
What are URLs & Views?
05:43
18
Creating a First View & URL
13:28
19
Adding More Views & URLs
03:12
20
Dynamic Path Segments & Captured Values
09:36
21
Path Converters
05:18
22
Adding More Dynamic View Logic
05:21
23
Redirects
08:49
24
The Reverse Function & Named URLs
10:32
25
Returning HTML
05:49
26
Practicing URLs, Views & Dynamic View Logic
09:38
27
Summary
04:44
28
Module Introduction
03:56
29
Adding & Registering Templates
14:56
30
Rendering Templates
04:17
31
Template Language & Variable Interpolation
05:39
32
Exercise Solution
01:57
33
Filters
04:20
34
The Django Visual Studio Code Extension
02:30
35
Tags & the "for" Tag
08:03
36
The URL Tag for Dynamic URLs
06:11
37
The "if" Tag for Conditional Content
05:17
38
Template Inheritance
09:39
39
Exercise Solution
01:32
40
Including Partial Template Snippets
09:46
41
404 Templates
07:09
42
Adding Static Files
09:14
43
Adding Global Static Files
06:25
44
Adding CSS Styling
15:56
45
Summary
04:49
46
Module Introduction
01:14
47
Setting Up the Starting Project
03:46
48
Planning the Project
04:27
49
Adding URLs & Views
11:18
50
Adding First Templates
08:12
51
Template Content & Static Files
16:12
52
Adding Images as Static Files
02:59
53
Adding the "All Posts" Page & Style
10:33
54
Linking the Pages
04:17
55
Adding the "Single Post" Page
05:40
56
Adding Dummy Data to the "Views" File
04:11
57
Special Template Features & Syntax
11:27
58
Adding a Single Post Page
08:45
59
Adding a 404 Page
01:58
60
Module Introduction
02:56
61
Different Kinds of Data
06:57
62
Understanding Database Options
06:16
63
Understanding SQL
06:39
64
Django Models
01:03
65
Creating a Django Model with Fields
09:46
66
Migrations
06:59
67
Inserting Data
04:36
68
Getting all Entries
01:53
69
Updating Models & Migrations
12:18
70
Blank vs Null
02:43
71
Updating Data
05:50
72
Deleting Data
01:18
73
Create Instead of Save
03:08
74
Querying & Filtering Data
07:44
75
"or" Conditions
04:03
76
Query Performance
05:44
77
Preparing Templates
07:11
78
Rendering Queried Data in the Template
03:00
79
Rendering the Details Page
09:39
80
Model URLs
04:42
81
Adding a Slugfield & Overwriting Save
09:05
82
Using the Slug & Updating Field Options
06:06
83
Aggregation & Ordering
07:15
84
Summary
03:30
85
Module Introduction
02:15
86
Logging Data Into the Admin Panel
05:29
87
Adding Models to the Admin Area
03:33
88
Configuring Model Fields
03:04
89
Configuring the Admin Settings
06:29
90
More Config Options
05:06
91
Module Introduction
01:53
92
Understanding Relationship Types
03:05
93
Adding a one-to-many Relation & Migrations
09:03
94
Working with Relations in Python Code
06:30
95
Cross Model Queries
08:25
96
Managing Relations in Admin
05:07
97
Adding a one-to-one Relation
06:43
98
One-to-one Python Code
04:55
99
One-to-one & Admin Config
05:24
100
Setting-up many-to-many
04:46
101
Using many-to-many in Python
05:19
102
Many-to-many in Admin
02:21
103
Summary
02:38
104
Module Introduction
01:58
105
Planning the Data Models
04:04
106
Adding a Post Model
07:37
107
Author Model & one-to-many
03:07
108
Tag Model many-to-many
01:23
109
Registering Models for Admin
01:16
110
Migrations & Admin Login
03:14
111
Adding Data via Admin
06:03
112
Configuring the Admin Panel
05:37
113
Fetching Posts for Starting Page
06:38
114
All Post & Single Post Pages
04:51
115
Using Author & Tags Data
08:35
116
Summary
01:41
117
Module Introduction
01:54
118
Starting Setup
04:53
119
Adding a Dummy Form
04:41
120
Get & Post Requests
10:00
121
CSRF Protection
05:54
122
Handling Form Submission & Extracting Data
09:51
123
Manual Form Validation & the Problems with "that"
06:10
124
Using the Django Form Class
11:05
125
Validation with Django Forms
04:13
126
Customizing the Form Controls
05:01
127
Customizing the Rendered HTML
05:06
128
Adding Styling
09:09
129
Adding More Form Controls
07:38
130
Storing Form Data in a Database
08:38
131
Introducing Modelforms
06:38
132
Configuring the Modelform
03:48
133
Saving Data with a Modelform
04:29
134
Class Based Views
08:42
135
Summary
05:54
136
Module Introduction
01:08
137
Adding Templates
04:22
138
TemplateView
07:57
139
Using the TemplateView
05:04
140
Showing a Detail Template
05:07
141
The ListView
06:56
142
DetailView
03:49
143
When to Use Which View
02:24
144
FormView
06:43
145
CreateView
04:48
146
Module Introduction
01:22
147
Starting Setup
01:26
148
Making the File Upload Work
07:31
149
Storing Uploaded Files Naive Approach
04:40
150
Adding a Form with a Filefield
04:39
151
Using Models for File Storage
08:45
152
Using an Imagefield
02:20
153
Using a CreateView
02:35
154
Working with the File Field
05:11
155
Serving Uploaded Files
06:51
156
Summary
01:54
157
Module Introduction
00:39
158
Problem Description
02:02
159
What are Sessions?
03:42
160
Enabling & Configuring Sessions
02:16
161
Adding a New View
04:32
162
Storing Data in Sessions
04:04
163
Which Kind of Data Should be Stored
02:34
164
Using Session Data
05:34
165
Safely Accessing Session Data
01:13
166
Summary
01:33
167
Module Introduction
02:06
168
Adding an Imagefield to the Post Model
06:32
169
Serving Uploaded Files
06:24
170
Converting Views to Class Based
14:04
171
Adding a Comment Model
05:16
172
Adding a Comment Form
06:02
173
Styling the Comment Form
07:16
174
Handling Comment Form Submission
14:07
175
Comment Form Validation Styles
09:40
176
Outputting Comments
05:04
177
Styling the Comments
03:14
178
Comment Admin
03:45
179
Read Later Starting Setup
07:10
180
Managing Read Later via Session
13:53
181
Read Later Page & Styling
06:31
182
Finishing the Read Later Feature
06:22
183
Module Introduction
01:31
184
Deployment Considerations
05:01
185
Which Database
03:53
186
Django & Web Servers
04:35
187
Serving Static Files
05:44
188
Choosing a Hosting Provider
02:43
189
Getting Started & Revisiting Settings
07:01
190
Collecting Static Files
07:36
191
Serving Static Files
01:53
192
A Note About Migrations
01:14
193
Locking in Dependencies
05:49
194
Using Environment Variables
05:04
195
Deploying with Elastic Beanstalk
10:43
196
SSL & Custom Domains
02:58
197
Connecting PostgreSQL
18:59
198
Serving Static Files Separately
08:52
199
Serving Static Files via S3
17:39
200
Moving File Uploads to S3
08:27
201
Summary
01:29
202
Module Introduction
03:08
203
What & Why?
06:02
204
Setup & Analyzing the Project Folder
07:04
205
Working with Apps
04:50
206
URLs & Views
12:20
207
Getting Started with Templates
06:55
208
Static Files & First Steps with the Django Template Language
08:26
209
Key Django Template Language Features & Tags
09:40
210
Using What we Learned
08:54
211
Adding a Detail Page
10:45
212
Dynamic Paths
08:14
213
Dynamic URLs in Templates
06:50
214
Using Template Inheritance
12:46
215
Includes
05:00
216
What is Data?
03:44
217
Getting Started with Models
11:13
218
Using the Admin Panel
04:42
219
Querying Data
07:52
220
Adding Image Upload
11:39
221
Serving & Displaying Images
07:03
222
Configuring the Admin Area
08:27
223
Setting one-to-many Relations
09:53
224
many-to-many Relations
09:46
225
More Meetup Fields & Outputting Related Data
07:39
226
Creating a Modelform
08:22
227
Handling Form Submission
10:12
228
More on Form Submission & Validation
10:48
229
From Modelform to Form
00:00
230
Polishing Organizer Email
08:27
231
Optimizing URLs
04:00
232
Wrap Up
01:32
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Frequently asked questions

What prerequisites are needed for this course?
The course requires a basic understanding of Python programming. It is essential to be comfortable with Python syntax and fundamental programming concepts. The 'Course Prerequisites' lesson provides more details on what prior knowledge is expected before starting the course.
What will I build during the course?
Throughout the course, you will build web applications and websites using Python and the Django framework. You will learn to create dynamic views, manage URLs, use templates for rendering HTML, and handle static files. By the end of the course, you will have experience in building comprehensive web projects, including pages like 'All Posts' and 'Single Post'.
Who is the target audience for this course?
The course is designed for Python developers who want to expand their skillset to include web development using Django. It is suitable for those who have a basic understanding of Python and wish to learn how to build dynamic web applications and websites.
How does the depth of this course compare to similar courses?
With 232 lessons, this course offers an extensive exploration of Django for web development. It covers foundational concepts like URLs and views, template rendering, and static files management, which are essential for building robust web applications. The course also includes practical exercises to solidify your understanding.
What tools and platforms are used in the course?
The course primarily uses Python and the Django framework. It also involves setting up a development environment using an IDE, such as Visual Studio Code, which is recommended for writing and managing your Django projects. The course includes guidance on installing Python, Django, and a suitable IDE.
What topics are not covered in this course?
The course focuses on building web applications with Django and does not cover non-Django web frameworks or advanced topics like deploying Django applications to production environments, database management beyond using Django's default options, or integrating third-party APIs.
How much time should I expect to commit to this course?
With 232 lessons, the course is designed to provide a comprehensive learning experience. While the total runtime is not specified, you should plan for several weeks of study, especially if you engage with the exercises and practical projects to reinforce your learning.