This course teaches the basics of web development with the Django framework. You will learn everything you need to become a productive Python web developer.

Django is the most popular and most mature Python web development framework around. It makes it easy to build better Web apps more quickly and with less code. Building web sites with Django is not just smart and efficient, but fun too! In this course, Django Fundamentals, you will learn how to build a complete web application with Django. First, you'll see how to create attractively styled pages using Django templates. Next, you'll learn how to add URL mappings for these pages, and handle user interaction with forms. Finally, to store and manipulate data, Django offers a powerful model API and admin interface, and of course these are covered as well. After finishing the course, you will have a good overview of all the essential parts of Django and how they work together, so that you can go on and build your own websites in Django.