Tweetme | Build a Twitter-like app step by step with Django from Udemy

Social media has changed the way we communicate with each other. The power behind social media allows us to do amazing things together. What exactly is behind it? Well.. it's Simple Web Application concepts that can be applied to ALL and ANY web applications that you may build.

In this course we're going to teach you what's behind how Twitter works. Now, Twitter has hundreds of developers so what we're actually building is the basis of what Twitter once was, the absolute most simple things by learning more Django along the way.

What are we going to learn:

Ajax + jQuery to "Tweet" messages
Tag users directly (@user)
Use Hashtags (#newtag)
Integrate Bootstrap
Using an Ajax form within a Bootstrap Modal
Django Rest Framework
Follow users (via Ajax)
Like posts (via Ajax)
Retweet posts (via Ajax)
Class Based Views
Custom Template Tags
Counting characters in a form
Basic Registration
And much more.

We do everything step-by-step so even if you're an absolute beginner, you can follow along. Cheers.

What's inside

Learning objectives

Build a real service like twitter.com
A deeper understanding of django
Build projects that rely on an api using the django rest framework
Working with ajax and jquery

Auto-generate hashtags and hashtag filter (#yourtag)
Build projects using django 1.10
Integrate bootstrap (getbootstrap.com) as a front end framework

Build a real service like twitter.com
A deeper understanding of django
Build projects that rely on an api using the django rest framework
Working with ajax and jquery
Auto-generate hashtags and hashtag filter (#yourtag)
Build projects using django 1.10
Integrate bootstrap (getbootstrap.com) as a front end framework

Syllabus

Introduction & Get Started

Welcome to tweetme!

A preview of what we're going to build.

Requirements of the project.

How to use github as your course reference.

Django Starting & Setup

Setup a new Django project.

Set up settings files for different environments.

Serve Static Files in Django

Start your first view and template.

Integrate Bootstrap

Tweet App

Create your first django app to handle tweets.

How to handle changing fields in models.

Associate a user to a Tweet with Foreign Keys

Understand the concept of CRUD

Query the database context

Django Template context basics.

Understand the concept behind Class Based Views

Learn how URL routing works.

Learn how Model Form works.

Learn how to do validation within models.

Learn how work with Django generic views

Using Mixins in Views.

Learn how to make urls shorter

Advancing the search feature.

Learn about template inheritance.

Integrate bootstrap media objects.

Create a bootstrap Navbar.

Use bootstrap containers to create columns.

Do tweets from your homepage

Integrate Django Crispy Forms

Create Django Tests to ensure content works.

Build your internal API with Django Rest Framework

Create your API Serializer VIew

Add a User Serializer

Add in your Ajax List View

Create jQuery Search

jQuery & Forms

Using Ajax and Django Rest Framework

Create a date display!

Attach tweets and clear out the form.

Counting characters in the tweet form.

Automatically do a search in your navbar.

Doing pagination and ajax to load more posts dynamically.

Create a user detail view.

Build your profile URL and create an API update.

Display User Profile Followers

Create model managers for following toggle/users

Build Django signals

Test Django signals

Display following tweets

Parse Hashtags using jQuery

Create an app to monitor hashtags

Do retweets!

Do rewteets!

Learn some Python regular expressions to parse username and hashtag data from tweet.

Create a custom Django Signal

Create a way to load tweet list anywhere/everywhere.

Create a User Tweets API Endpoint.

Create a like button for tweets.

Display Likes & Verb

jQuery attach a Tweet & Refactor

Display Reply Tweets & Fix Likes

Create a form in Bootstrap Modal

Create the reply

Add a single detail view

Update single detail view reply

Search tweets and users

Create a view for all hashtags.

Recommend Users and learn about custom template tags.

Do your registration and auth.

Final project clean up!

Thank you & Next Steps

Thank you and next steps!

Good to know

Know what's good

, what to watch for

, and possible dealbreakers

Teaches web application concepts that apply to most projects that a learner may build

Develops understanding of Django, a widely used web framework in industry

Taught by Justin Mitchel, who is recognized for their work in web development

Explores Django Rest Framework, a leading tool for building APIs

Requires learners to come in with some foundational programming knowledge

Uses older versions of jQuery and Django, which may limit relevance to cutting-edge industry practices

Reviews summary

Excellent course from justin

According to students, this excellent course taught by Justin is highly recommended.

Justin is an excellent instructor.

"As always, an excellent course from Justin."

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Watch tutorial videos on HTML and CSS
Take notes on key concepts
Practice building small HTML and CSS projects

Build a simple portfolio website using HTML and CSS

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Plan the structure of the website
Create HTML and CSS files
Style the website using CSS
Test the website on different devices

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Apply what you learned from the workshop to your own projects

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Gather your best web development projects
Create a portfolio website or online space to showcase your projects
Share your portfolio with others
Get feedback on your projects and make improvements

Create a presentation on the history of web development

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Present the presentation to others
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Software Engineer

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