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Django Features and Libraries (edX)

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Django Features and Libraries (edX)

This third course in Django for Everybody explores building Django-based web applications through the use of cookies, sessions, and the authentication processes in Django. You will develop a simple web application and learn how an application moves from development to production.

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In this course, you will learn how to build Django-based web applications suitable for use by end users. You will learn about cookies, sessions, and authentication processes in Django. You will build navigation into your applications and explore ways to easily improve the look and feel of Django applications. You will begin to develop a simple application to support a classified ads website that will walk you through many of the issues and techniques that you encounter in website development. You will also learn how to move an application from development to production.
This course is part of the Django for Everybody XSeries.

What you'll learn

  • Define Django sessions and how cookies are used to support sessions
  • Apply built-in login functionality in Django and manage login users in views
  • Define one-to-many models and demonstrate how to represent links in a database
  • Create, edit, and delete form flow inside of a generic edit view
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