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This specialization introduces Python programmers to building websites using the Django library. Across the four courses, you will learn HTML, CSS, SQL, Django, JavaScript, jQuery, and JSON Web Services. During the course, you will build online websites using Django and those working websites are graded throughout the course. This series is excellent preparation for learning other ways to build web applications using technologies like PHP (Web Applications for Everybody), Flask or Ruby on Rails. This is a great first course in any web development curriculum.

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This specialization introduces Python programmers to building websites using the Django library. Across the four courses, you will learn HTML, CSS, SQL, Django, JavaScript, jQuery, and JSON Web Services. During the course, you will build online websites using Django and those working websites are graded throughout the course. This series is excellent preparation for learning other ways to build web applications using technologies like PHP (Web Applications for Everybody), Flask or Ruby on Rails. This is a great first course in any web development curriculum.

Learners are encouraged to take the Python for Everybody Specialization or equivalent before beginning this specialization. Some may find it helpful to take the Web Design for Everybody Specialization before or after this series.

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Four courses

Web Application Technologies and Django

In this course, you'll explore the basic structure of a web application and how a web browser interacts with a web server. You'll be introduced to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request/response cycle, including GET/POST/Redirect. You'll also gain an introductory understanding of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), as well as the overall structure of a Django application.

Building Web Applications in Django

In this course, you will learn how Django interacts with databases through model objects. You will explore Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) for database access and how Django models implement this pattern. We will review the Object-Oriented (OO) pattern in Python. You will learn basic Structured Query Language (SQL) and database modeling, including one-to-many and many-to-many relationships and how they work in both the SQL and Django models.

Django Features and Libraries

In this course, you will learn how to build Django-based web applications suitable for end users. You will learn about cookies, sessions, and authentication processes in Django.

Using JavaScript and JSON in Django

In this final course, we'll explore JavaScript, Object-Oriented programming, jQuery, and JSON. You'll enhance your classified ads app with these technologies.

Learning objectives

  • 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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