Advanced Django (5 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

Django was developed in a fast-paced newsroom environment, it was designed to make common web development tasks fast and easy. After taking this course, student have learnt basics of Django and is able to use it in her/his web development work.

Content (course unit)

"Create a Blog" - Introduction and Django Admin - Generic Relationships - HTML Frameworks - Custom Filters - Custom Template Tags - Crispy Forms - Coding Exercises "Configure the Blog" - 12 Factor Apps - Django Configurations - Logging - Security and Passwords - Production Hosting - Coding Exercises "Django Optimization" - Caching - Database Optimizaton - Coding Exercises "Advanced Django Authentication" - Custom User Model - Django Registration - Django Allauth - Coding Exercises "Introduction to REST APIs" - Intro to REST APIs - First-Party Django REST API - Postman - Coding Exercises "Django REST Framework Serializers and Views" - Serializers - Views - Coding Exercises "Django REST Framework Relationships" - Authentication - Permissions - Related Fields - Nested Relationships - Coding Exercises "Django REST Framework APIs" - Browsable API - Viewsets & Routers - Coding Exercises "Testing Django REST Framework" - Testing DRF with Mocks - Testing DRF with Requests - Coding Exerrcises "Optimizing Django REST Framework" - Caching - Throttling - Filtering - Coding Exercises "Django REST Framework and Third-Party Libraries" - Pagination % Django Filter - SimpleJWT - Django-versatilemagefield - Coding Exercises "Integrating JavaScript and the React Framework" - Javascript fundamentals, React fundamentals - Coding Exercises "Requests Module and External APIs" - Requests Module - OMDb API - GitHub Library - Coding Exercises "Task Queuing" - Celery Introduction - Django Signals - Scheduling with Celery - Coding Exercises "Capstone" - Capstone Part 1 - Capstone Part 2 - Warp up

Prerequisites (course unit)

Recommended: Python Programming.

Location and time

Course can be done in own pace in course environment.

Exam schedules

Online in course environment.

Assessment methods and criteria

Pass after all of eleven (11) tabs has been checked and proceed in order and you have write a learning diary summarizing your learning. The recommended length is 3–5 pages (A4).

Assessment scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Teaching methods

Course is 100% online, self-study course which can be done own pace. Course has eleven (11) tabs and after they has been checked and proceed in order. You have to write a learning diary summarizing your learning. The recommended length is 3–5 pages (A4).

Learning materials

Online.

Student workload

Up to student her-/himself.

Content scheduling

Course has eleven (11) tabs which should be checked and proceed in order. After that you have to write a learning diary summarizing your learning. The recommended length is 3–5 pages (A4).

Completion alternatives

N/A

Practical training and working life cooperation

N/A

International connections

N/A