Django for WordPress Developers

Name: Django for WordPress Developers
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Learn how to code in python and how to use Django while drawing parallels to WordPress

Created byRichard Miles

Last updated 10/2016

English

What you'll learn

Understand how python works as a programming language
Create a basic Class and Object in python and php
Create a TO-DO application using python
Understand the architecture of the Django framework
Create a Django server
Create a basic blog using core python and Django
Create a CMS using Django's powerful package and extension management system
Create an eCommerce store using Oscar Commerce
Create an eCommerce store using Mezzanine and Cartridge
Create an eCommerce store using Saleor

Course content

7 sections • 42 lectures • 6h 30m total length

Requirements and Assumptions for the course2:26
What tools you will need for this course.
python vs php, philosophy and focus1:56
What the main philosophical differences between python and php are and how they relate to Django and WordPress.
Basic syntax differences between python and php4:46
A brief discussion about the main differences between php and python on a syntactical level.
Differences between python and php
A bit about Classes2:05
A very basic introduction to what a Class is on a programmatic level.
Creating a python Class7:25
A practical example of creating a Class in python.
Creating a php Class10:38
Recreating the class in php that we just created in python.
Basic Python Classes
Instantiating an object of a Class in python9:18
In this lecture we create multiple instances of the Cat() Class and assign different constructor parameters to each.

Creating the TO-DO app12:43
In this lecture we start creating our TO-DO application.
Lists and Dictionaries (arrays) in python12:29
In this lecture we will be looking at how python deals with arrays and how they can be applied to our TO-DO application.
Finishing our TO-DO app9:50
Add to final touches to creating, reading, updating and deleting to-do's from our TO-DO application.
Some detailed questions about python

Virtual Environments in python9:51
How to create and activate virtual environments in python.
Setting up the basics of Django8:06
Using pip to install Django and related packages.
Creating our first Django app6:41
Using Django's shell command tool to create an application
Introduction to Django
Adding a blog to the admin area15:28
Creating a Post model and adding it to the admin area.
Creating model fields8:08
Adding attributes to our model Class to create some depth to our data.
Creating a Django view7:38
Creating the response that is rendered to the front-end based on the applications url routing.
The Django admin area
Regular expressions in Django8:24
A brief discussion on regular expressions in the context of Django url routing.
The Django template engine9:23
Looking into how Django processes html as well as its own templating language.
Pulling model data into the front-end template9:11
Displaying Django model data on the front-end of the site using the view.
Archive and single views of our blog13:09
Creating a new single post view that is linked to the post archive page using Django url routing, views and templates.
The front-end of Django

Adding css, javascript and template partials to our site8:24
We look at how to add elements of the Bootstrap framework to our site.
Adding pagination to our view17:35
Using Django's pagination library to filter our Posts to make them pagination friendly. As well as actually create some pagination using the url routing system.
Customising pagination from the front-end8:50
Linking our url pagination to variables that can be used on the front-end to navigate through our paginated pages, as well as give an indication of how many pages there are in total and which page we are currently on.
Django blog
Creating a blog Category11:03
Adding Categories to our Posts2:49
Creating a Menu using Categories12:59
Creating Category Archive Pages16:35
Blog clean up and creating ManyToMany fields4:13
Adding images to our blog Posts22:08
Adding image routing in Django is easier said than done, in this lecture we go over how it is done.
Finishing off our blog

Using the python package directory5:04
Installing Mezzanine8:32
Mezzanine is a popular 3rd party Django package that works similarly to WordPress, in this lecture we go over how to install it.
Customising Mezzanine in the admin area6:40
Customising the front-end of Mezzanine6:09
Introduction to Mezzanine
Creating a Bootstrap theme for Mezzanine4:03
Django task management - adding npm grunt and scss to our project23:24
In this lecture we go over how to add task/asset management to our Django application.
Cleaning up our styling mixins in Bootstrap2:41

An introduction to eCommerce3:05
An overview of this section1:15
Oscar eCommerce21:28
In this lecture we discuss how to install the robust eCommerce framework Oscar.
Oscar
Cartridge and Mezzanine eCommerce7:54
In this lecture we discuss Cartridge, the eCommerce plugin that is built on top of the Mezzanine CMS.
Cartridge
Saleor eCommerce24:59
Saleor is a robust and flexible eCommerce system that uses the right semantic techniques in Django. In this lecture we discuss how to install it and why it is a good option for eCommerce.
Saleor

Requirements

Basic understanding of how web programming works
Basic knowledge of php/WordPress or python

Description

This course is an introduction to Django specifically targeted at WordPress or intermediate web developers. In this course we will walk through everything from the basic principles of python to developing a full e-commerce system using the Django framework.

Some of the sections include:

Discussing the differences and similarities between php and python
Setting up a functional python workspace
Creating a basic TODO app in python
Installing and customising Django
Creating a blog using Django
Creating a CMS using Django
Creating 3 different e-commerce stores using Django

Who this course is for:

Anyone who has a basic understanding of web development and would like to broaden their skillset
Anyone who has a basic understanding of php or python
NOT for someone who does not want to learn how to code in python

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php vs python7 lectures • 39min

Create a TO-DO application in python3 lectures • 35min

Introduction to Django10 lectures • 1hr 36min

Creating a Django Blog9 lectures • 1hr 45min

Creating a CMS with Mezzanine7 lectures • 57min

eCommerce for Django5 lectures • 59min

Finishing off Django for WordPress Developers1 lecture • 1min

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