University of Michigan
Django for Everybody Specialization
University of Michigan

Django for Everybody Specialization

Build & deploy rich web applications using Django. Learn the fundamentals of building a full-featured web site using Django

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4.7

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2 months
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
4.7

(2,259 reviews)

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 months
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Install and deploy a Django application; build HTML web pages styled by CSS

  • Describe and build a data model in Django, applying model query and template tags/code of Django Template Language

  • Apply built-in login functionality in Django; define sessions, cookies, and one-to-many models

  • Build objects and write syntactically correct JavaScript language; explain basic elements of low-level jQuery

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Specialization - 4 course series

Web Application Technologies and Django

Course 115 hours4.7 (1,892 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explain the basics of HTTP and how the request-response cycle works

  • Install and deploy a simple DJango application

  • Build simple web pages in HTML and style them using CSS

  • Explain the basic operations in SQL

Skills you'll gain

Category: Back-End Web Development
Category: Web Frameworks
Category: Web Development
Category: Django (Web Framework)
Category: SQL
Category: Database Systems
Category: Servers
Category: Front-End Web Development
Category: Web Servers
Category: HTML and CSS
Category: Web Design
Category: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Category: Server Side
Category: Full-Stack Web Development
Category: Web Applications
Category: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Category: Databases
Category: Web Design and Development
Category: Application Development
Category: Cloud Applications

Building Web Applications in Django

Course 212 hours4.7 (766 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Describe and build a data model in Django

  • Apply Django model query and template tags/code of Django Template Language (DTL)

  • Define Class, Instance, Method

  • Build forms in HTML

Skills you'll gain

Category: Back-End Web Development
Category: Web Frameworks
Category: Django (Web Framework)
Category: Model View Controller
Category: Web Development
Category: Web Applications
Category: Web Design and Development
Category: Object-Relational Mapping
Category: Software Design
Category: Database Development
Category: Server Side
Category: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Category: Databases
Category: Database Systems
Category: Database Management
Category: Object Oriented Design
Category: HTML and CSS
Category: Secure Coding
Category: Full-Stack Web Development
Category: Database Management Systems

Django Features and Libraries

Course 315 hours4.8 (388 ratings)

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

Skills you'll gain

Category: Back-End Web Development
Category: Web Frameworks
Category: Django (Web Framework)
Category: Object-Relational Mapping
Category: Web Development
Category: User Accounts
Category: Server Side
Category: Software Design Patterns
Category: Authentications
Category: Data Modeling
Category: Database Theory
Category: Application Development
Category: Web Applications
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Model View Controller
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Data Validation
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Full-Stack Web Development
Category: Databases

Using JavaScript and JSON in Django

Course 418 hours4.8 (277 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explain and give examples of many-to-many relationships in data modeling

  • Write syntactically correct JavaScript language and demonstrate debugging capabilities

  • Build objects using JavaScript

  • Explain basic elements of low-level jQuery

Skills you'll gain

Category: Web Frameworks
Category: Back-End Web Development
Category: Django (Web Framework)
Category: Front-End Web Development
Category: Javascript
Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Category: Object Oriented Design
Category: Ajax
Category: Web Applications
Category: Scripting Languages
Category: Javascript and jQuery
Category: jQuery
Category: Scripting
Category: Server Side
Category: Web Development
Category: Full-Stack Web Development
Category: Software Design
Category: Web Design and Development
Category: Event-Driven Programming
Category: JSON

Instructor

Charles Russell Severance
University of Michigan
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