Tutorial Series // Django Part 1

The Complete Django Part 1 Tutorial

From scratch to production — MVT architecture, ORM, forms, auth, and deploying your first Django app. Every topic ships working code.

12 topics ~192 min total read 100% free
  1. 01 What is Django? The MVT Architecture Explained Understand what Django is, how it processes an HTTP request using the Model-View-Template pattern, and why it is the go-to choice for building production-grade web applications. 14 min →
  2. 02 Setting Up Your Development Environment A complete step-by-step guide to installing Python, creating a virtual environment, installing Django, and verifying everything is working correctly. 16 min →
  3. 03 Anatomy of a Django Project Create your first Django project and understand the purpose of every auto-generated file — settings.py, urls.py, wsgi.py, and manage.py. 15 min →
  4. 04 Your First Django App: Projects vs. Apps Understand the critical difference between a Django project and a Django app, then create and register your first app using startapp. 13 min →
  5. 05 URL Routing and Your First View Write your first function-based view, understand the HttpRequest and HttpResponse objects, and connect everything with URL routing in urls.py. 17 min →
  6. 06 The Django Template Language (DTL) Move beyond hard-coded HTML by passing dynamic data from views to templates. Master template variables, filters, tags, and inheritance with {% extends %} and {% block %}. 16 min →
  7. 07 The Django ORM: Defining Your Database with Models Understand what an ORM is and why it matters. Define your first Django Model with CharField, TextField, DateTimeField, and ForeignKey, and see how Python classes map to database tables. 18 min →
  8. 08 Migrations Demystified Learn exactly what makemigrations and migrate do, what happens inside the database when you run them, and how to safely evolve your schema over time. 14 min →
  9. 09 The Django Admin Interface Register your models with the built-in admin panel, create a superuser from the terminal, and use the GUI to manage your application's data. 12 min →
  10. 10 Basic QuerySets: CRUD Operations Master Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations using Django's QuerySet API. Practice in the Django shell and then wire operations into real view functions. 19 min →
  11. 11 Handling User Input with Django Forms Build structured Django Forms and ModelForms to safely handle POST requests, validate user input server-side, and display field errors back to the user. 18 min →
  12. 12 User Authentication: Registration, Login & Logout Implement complete user authentication using Django's built-in system — registration, login, logout, and page protection with @login_required. 20 min →