Course Module: Django Web Development

Module 1: Introduction to Django

• Understanding the fundamentals of web development with Django
• Overview of the MVC (Model-View-Controller) architecture
• Setting up Django development environment

Module 2: Django Models

• Creating and defining Django models
• Working with fields, relationships, and model inheritance
• Performing CRUD operations using Django’s ORM (Object-Relational Mapper)

Module 3: Django Views and Templates

• Creating views to handle HTTP requests
• Rendering templates and passing data to templates
• Using template inheritance and including template tags and filters

Module 4: Django Forms

• Building forms using Django’s form library
• Handling form submissions and validation
• Customizing form fields and widgets

Module 5: Django Admin Panel

• Introduction to Django’s built-in admin interface
• Customizing the admin panel and registering models
• Managing data through the admin interface

Module 6: URL Dispatching and Routing

• Configuring URL patterns in Django
• URL routing and pattern matching
• Using named URLs and URL namespaces

Module 7: Authentication and Authorization

• Implementing user authentication with Django’s built-in authentication system
• Managing user sessions and passwords
• Role-based access control (RBAC) and permission handling

Module 8: Django Security

• Best practices for securing Django applications
• Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection
• Implementing HTTPS and secure authentication practices

Module 9: Django Rest Framework (DRF)

• Introduction to Django Rest Framework
• Building RESTful APIs with DRF serializers, views, and routers
• Authentication and permissions in DRF

Module 10: Testing Django Applications

• Writing unit tests and functional tests for Django applications
• Using Django’s test framework and third-party testing libraries
• Test-driven development (TDD) practices

Module 11: Django Deployment

• Deploying Django applications to production servers
• Configuring web servers (such as Nginx or Apache) for Django
• Managing application deployment using tools like Docker and Kubernetes

Module 12: Advanced Django Concepts

• Working with Django signals for event handling
• Caching strategies and optimization techniques
• Asynchronous views and background tasks with Django Celery