Free online courseDjango

Course Description

Learn how to build secure, maintainable backend web applications with Django, one of the most popular Python frameworks in the industry. This free online course guides you from the first project setup to a complete, full-featured application, helping you understand how Django’s structure makes development faster and more reliable. Along the way, you’ll connect everyday web concepts to practical Django patterns so you can build with confidence instead of copying snippets you don’t fully understand.

You’ll work with the building blocks of a real project: multiple apps inside a single Django project, URL routing, and a clean separation of responsibilities that keeps code organized as features grow. You’ll also see how Django’s template system helps you create consistent interfaces efficiently using template inheritance, making it easier to manage layouts and reuse components without messy duplication.

On the data side, you’ll learn how to model information and evolve it safely over time using migrations, while benefiting from Django’s ORM to interact with the database using Python instead of raw SQL in most everyday cases. The course also walks through essential user features found in modern platforms, including registration, login and logout, access protection for authenticated users, and user profile management with uploaded images.

As your app becomes more dynamic, you’ll implement create, update, and delete flows for content, explore the advantages of class-based views for reusable logic, and add pagination so large datasets remain easy to browse. You’ll also cover account recovery with secure email-based password resets, improving both usability and security for real-world usage.

Finally, you’ll learn what it takes to move from local development to a production-ready deployment. The course explains practical deployment options on a Linux server and on a platform-as-a-service, including recommended security practices, environment configuration, and why running services with limited permissions matters. You’ll also connect a custom domain, enable HTTPS using Let’s Encrypt for trusted SSL/TLS, and optionally configure cloud storage for uploaded media using AWS S3. By the end, you’ll have a clearer path from idea to a deployed Django app you can share, improve, and build upon in professional projects.