Learn how to build web applications and websites with Python and the Django framework. Python is the most popular programming language of the world - it's versatile, easy to learn and very powerful!.
Python Django - The Practical Guide
Python Django - The Practical Guide is a 232-lesson 22 hours 54 minutes self-paced course by Academind Pro (Maximilian Schwarzmüller). Learn how to build web applications and websites with Python and the Django framework.
Course facts
- Lessons
- 232
- Duration
- 22 hours 54 minutes
- Level
- All levels
- Language
- English
- Updated
- Instructor
- Academind Pro (Maximilian Schwarzmüller)
- Price
- Premium
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
Who teaches Python Django - The Practical Guide? Academind Pro (Maximilian Schwarzmüller)
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.
What lessons are included in Python Django - The Practical Guide?
| # | Lesson Title | Duration | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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