Advanced Django Training (DJG201)

This Advanced Django course is designed for experienced Django developers looking to deepen their understanding of the framework and enhance their web development skills. You'll learn advanced Django concepts, including messaging, media handling, querying, and deploying your Django applications to production environments.

The course begins with the Messages Framework, where you'll learn how to display messages to users, use the SuccessMessageMixin, and customize success messages in your Django views.

In Media Files, you'll explore managing media files in Django, including adding media settings, uploading files, keeping files private, and using Amazon S3 for storage. Exercises will guide you through adding media functionality to your Django applications.

The Making Queries, Ajax, and View Functions module focuses on querying databases efficiently, using Ajax for dynamic updates, and enhancing your Django applications with real-time interactivity. You'll learn to work with query sets, manage relationships, and use JavaScript to enhance the user experience.

You'll then learn about Pagination and Ordering, where you'll implement pagination and ordering in your Django applications to improve data presentation and user navigation.

The Advanced Querying and Search module teaches advanced database querying techniques, including field lookups, Q objects, filtering, and search implementation. You'll also learn to optimize your code and view SQL queries for debugging purposes.

Next, in Deploying Your Website to Production, you'll learn best practices for deploying Django applications to production environments, with hands-on exercises to deploy to platforms like Heroku.

Customizing Django Admin provides techniques for customizing the Django admin interface, including modifying titles, headers, form views, and adding calculated fields. You'll also learn to manage permissions and groups effectively.

The course concludes with Additional Topics, offering further learning resources and additional projects to continue developing your Django skills beyond this course.

By the end of this Django course, you will be proficient in advanced Django features, including customizing the admin interface, managing media files, implementing efficient querying and search functionalities, and deploying applications to production environments. You'll be capable of developing highly dynamic, interactive, and efficient web applications that meet professional standards.