This course is approximately 40% hands-on, combining expert lecture, real-world demonstrations and group discussions with machine-based practical labs and exercises. Working in a hands-on learning environment, guided by our expert team, attendees will learn to:  

• Develop full-stack web sites based on content stored in an RDMS 
• Use python data types appropriately 
• Define data models 
• Understand the architecture of a Django-based web site 
• Create Django templates for easy-to-modify views 
• Map views to URLs 
• Take advantage of the built-in Admin interface 
• Provide HTML form processing 

If your team requires different topics, additional skills or a custom approach, our team will collaborate with you to adjust the course to focus on your specific learning objectives and goals. 

This introductory-level Python course is geared for experienced web developers new to Python who want to use Python and Django for full stack web development projects. 

Please note that this list of topics is based on our standard course offering, evolved from typical industry uses and trends. We'll work with you to tune this course and level of coverage to target the skills you need most. Topics, agenda and labs are subject to change, and may adjust during live delivery based on audience skill level, interests and participation. 

The Python Environment  

• Starting Python 
• Using the interpreter 
• Running a Python script 
• Getting help 
• Editors and IDEs 

Variables and values  

• Using variables 
• Built in functions 
• String data 
• Numeric data 
• Converting data types 

Basic input and output 

• Writing to the screen 
• String formatting 
• Command line parameters 
• Reading from the keyboard 

Flow Control  

• About flow control 
• Conditional expressions (if) 
• Relational and Boolean operators 
• while loops 
• Exiting from loops 

Array-like Types 

• About array-like types 
• Lists and list methods 
• Tuples 
• Indexing and slicing 
• Iterating through a sequence 
• Sequence functions, keywords, and operators 
• Basic sorting 
• List comprehensions 

Working with Files  

• File I/O overview 
• Opening files 
• Reading/writing files 

Dictionaries and Sets  

• About dictionaries 
• Creating and using dictionaries 
• Getting values 
• About sets 
• Creating and using sets 

Functions  

• Defining functions 
• Returning values 
• Arguments and arameters 
• Variable Scope 
• Sorting with functions 

Errors and Logging 

• Exception overview 
• Using try/catch/else/finally 
• Handling multiple exceptions 
• Logging setup 
• Basic logging 

Modules and Packages 

• Creating Modules 
• The import statement 
• Module search path 
• Creating packages 

Introduction to Classes  

• About OO programming 
• Defining classes 
• Constructors 
• Properties 
• Instance methods and data 
• Inheritance 

Django Architecture 

• Django overview 
• Minimal Django layout 
• Built in flexibility 

Getting Started  

• Sites and apps 
• Shared configuration 
• Executing manage.py 
• Starting the project 
• Generating app files 
• App configuration 
• Database setup 
• The development server 

Using cookiecutter 

• What is cookiecutter 
• Creating projects with cookiecutter 

Creating models 

• Defining models 
• Adding data 
• Related objects 
• SQL Migration 
• Simple model access 

The Admin interface 

• Setting up the admin user 
• Using the admin interface 
• Editing data 

Querying Models  

• QuerySets 
• Field lookups 
• Chaining filters 
• Slicing QuerySets 
• Related fields 
• Q objects 

Views  

• What is a view? 
• HttpResponse 
• URL route configuration 
• Shortcut: get_object_or_404() 

Templates 

• About templates 
• Variable lookups 
• The url tag 
• Shortcut: render() 

Forms  

• Forms overview 
• GET and POST 
• The Form class 
• Processing the form 
• Widgets 
• Validation 
• Forms in templates 

Unit Testing  

• Why create tests? 
• When to create tests 
• Using Django's test framework 
• Using the test client 
• Running tests 
• Checking code coverage