The Full Stack (Coursera)

Offered by Meta,
The Full Stack (Coursera)

As you prepare for your role in back-end development, practice bringing together multiple skills to build a full-stack Django app. You’ll start by setting up an environment for a local practical project, and refactoring the front and back-ends of an existing application. You will then have the opportunity to create the front and back-ends of a new application using your full-stack developer skills.

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By the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Explain common concepts related to full stack development
  • Use HTML, CSS and JavaScript to develop well-structured, interactive and responsive websites
  • Build a full stack application using Django that stores its data in models on a MySQL database and updates its pages with forms and API endpoints
  • Describe the different environments that web applications are deployed to

To complete this course you will need previous experience with back-end development, Python, version control, databases, Django web framework and APIs.

This course is part of the Meta Back-End Developer Professional Certificate.

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Introduction to the full stack
Introduction to the concept of full stack developer. Learn about the roles and responsibilities of a full stack developer and N tier architecture.

WEEK 2
Front-end technologies
Learn about the front-end technologies HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

WEEK 3
The full stack using Django
Build a full stack application using Django.

WEEK 4
Production environments
Explore the different environments that web applications are deployed to.

WEEK 5
Final project
In this module, you will be assessed on the key skills covered in the course.

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