Django for WordPress Developers
This course is an introduction to Django specifically targeted at WordPress or intermediate web developers. In this course we will walk through everything from the basic principles of python to developing a full e-commerce system using the Django framework.
Some of the sections include:
- Discussing the differences and similarities between php and python
- Setting up a functional python workspace
- Creating a basic TODO app in python
- Installing and customising Django
- Creating a blog using Django
- Creating a CMS using Django
- Creating 3 different e-commerce stores using Django
Create a TO-DO application in python
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Requirements and Assumptions for the courseWhat tools you will need for this course.
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python vs php, philosophy and focus
What the main philosophical differences between python and php are and how they relate to Django and WordPress.
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Basic syntax differences between python and php
A brief discussion about the main differences between php and python on a syntactical level.
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Differences between python and phpSome questions about syntax and philosophy
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A bit about Classes
A very basic introduction to what a Class is on a programmatic level.
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Creating a python Class
A practical example of creating a Class in python.
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Creating a php Class
Recreating the class in php that we just created in python.
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Basic Python Classes
Questions about python classes and objects
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Instantiating an object of a Class in python
In this lecture we create multiple instances of the Cat() Class and assign different constructor parameters to each.
Introduction to Django
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Creating the TO-DO app
In this lecture we start creating our TO-DO application.
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Lists and Dictionaries (arrays) in python
In this lecture we will be looking at how python deals with arrays and how they can be applied to our TO-DO application.
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Finishing our TO-DO app
Add to final touches to creating, reading, updating and deleting to-do's from our TO-DO application.
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Some detailed questions about python
Creating a Django Blog
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Virtual Environments in python
How to create and activate virtual environments in python.
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Setting up the basics of Django
Using pip to install Django and related packages.
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Creating our first Django app
Using Django's shell command tool to create an application
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Introduction to Django
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Adding a blog to the admin area
Creating a Post model and adding it to the admin area.
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Creating model fields
Adding attributes to our model Class to create some depth to our data.
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Creating a Django view
Creating the response that is rendered to the front-end based on the applications url routing.
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The Django admin area
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Regular expressions in Django
A brief discussion on regular expressions in the context of Django url routing.
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The Django template engine
Looking into how Django processes html as well as its own templating language.
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Pulling model data into the front-end template
Displaying Django model data on the front-end of the site using the view.
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Archive and single views of our blog
Creating a new single post view that is linked to the post archive page using Django url routing, views and templates.
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The front-end of Django
Creating a CMS with Mezzanine
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Adding css, javascript and template partials to our site
We look at how to add elements of the Bootstrap framework to our site.
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Adding pagination to our view
Using Django's pagination library to filter our Posts to make them pagination friendly. As well as actually create some pagination using the url routing system.
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Customising pagination from the front-end
Linking our url pagination to variables that can be used on the front-end to navigate through our paginated pages, as well as give an indication of how many pages there are in total and which page we are currently on.
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Django blog
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Creating a blog Category
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Adding Categories to our Posts
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Creating a Menu using Categories
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Creating Category Archive Pages
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Blog clean up and creating ManyToMany fields
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Adding images to our blog Posts
Adding image routing in Django is easier said than done, in this lecture we go over how it is done.
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Finishing off our blog
eCommerce for Django
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Using the python package directory
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Installing Mezzanine
Mezzanine is a popular 3rd party Django package that works similarly to WordPress, in this lecture we go over how to install it.
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Customising Mezzanine in the admin area
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Customising the front-end of Mezzanine
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Introduction to Mezzanine
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Creating a Bootstrap theme for Mezzanine
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Django task management - adding npm grunt and scss to our project
In this lecture we go over how to add task/asset management to our Django application.
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Cleaning up our styling mixins in Bootstrap
Finishing off Django for WordPress Developers
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An introduction to eCommerce
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An overview of this section
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Oscar eCommerce
In this lecture we discuss how to install the robust eCommerce framework Oscar.
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Oscar
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Cartridge and Mezzanine eCommerce
In this lecture we discuss Cartridge, the eCommerce plugin that is built on top of the Mezzanine CMS.
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Cartridge
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Saleor eCommerce
Saleor is a robust and flexible eCommerce system that uses the right semantic techniques in Django. In this lecture we discuss how to install it and why it is a good option for eCommerce.
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Saleor
