Build a Django App for Storing and Editing Notes

Introduction

Django Basics

Review Python
Review basic Python

- Data Structures: lists, dicts

- Defining functions, classes

http://www.python.org

Start Building a Django App

Build the Hello Notes App
Create a Django app called 'notes' inside a Django project 'appsuite' and use a Django Templates in the notes app to return the string "Hello, Notes"

Forms and Templates

Django ORM and Models

Build a Model for a Note
- Connect to Sqlite3

- Build a Note Model

- Use the syncdb command to create the notes_note table

Authentication and User Login/Logout in Django

Accept username and password to sign up and authenticate users
1. Create a new for LoginForm for user login
2. Create the view for logging in user
3. Authenticate and login the user in this view
4. Create a link on dashboard.html for logging out user
5. Implement the Logout View to log out the user

Generating forms and saving data via ModelForms

Extend the notes app to save notes in the database
1. Create a ModelForm to wrap the Note Model
2. Use the ModelForm to save notes to the database

FormSets and ModelFormSets

Editing and Deleting Notes via ModelFormSets
1. Change the Notes app to be able to modify and delete multiple notes.
2. Use ModelFormSets to achieve step 1

Introduction to REST with Django and TastyPie

Create a REST interface to the Note Model using django-tastypie
1. Install django-tastypie
2. Create a REST interface to the Note Model using TastyPie

Security, Caching and other features

Use Template Inheritance and widget customization
- Use template inheritance to give the website a header and a footer

- Change Text Input to Textarea to display the text for a Note

Additional Resources

www.djangoproject.com
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WC5w69dFwj5aJY2L5Mko89lEFkKqAlRMNI7tXOe4C3E/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
Code for the Notes App
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16J1WDzmk-ZwFTCpaQZoSvzi2KCuP-iFlerSuqFnry9w/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KxRb8UzvzdqRi6m8OOmf5CHwE0I3Bk8dXQSfFGp_ipo/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
Forms and Templates
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qZ6G76cdYjn7p1fzh7DI89DwSOyMKu-a9aK65bYF_vw/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vlp3nHSmhgQRFf5Spz4EHRF7qoSHmka5PsUAxqEf3aY/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
FormSets and ModelFormSets
REST APIs in Django via TastyPie
Roy Thomas Fielding paper
Security, Caching amd other features
Helpful Interview Questions

Ben Serres

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