This repo contains the source for Django demonstration during the Week 21: Python and Django unit.

All code written live during class on 1/18/2018 (21.2) and 1/20/2018 (21.3).

1. Clone the repository: git clone git@github.com:outputs-io/learn-django-live.git
2. Navigate to the freshly cloned directory: cd learn-django-live
3. Create and activate a new virtualenv via virtualenv:
4. virtualenv env
5. source env/bin/activate
6. Install Django in your new virtualenv: pip install django
7. Navigate to the root Django project: cd proj
8. Run migrations: python manage.py migrate
9. Run the Django development server: python manage.py runserver
10. Navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8000/tasks/list/ in your browser to view the Tasks user interface.
11. When done developing, deactivate the virtualenv: deactivate

This repo is a work in progress, and covers the following (basic!) Django topics:

• App Creation
  • Creating a new tasks app via python manage.py startapp tasks.
  • Editing settings.py to add the new app.
  • Including an app's urls.py in the root URLconf.
• Models
  • Basic field types.
  • Model migrations.
  • Registering new models in the admin interface in admin.py.
• Views
  • Importing a model into views.py.
  • Rendering a Django template using render.
  • Querying the Django ORM within a view.
  • Passing the resulting QuerySet to a custom template.
  • Passing additional variables to the template.
  • Simple HTML responses via HttpResponse.
  • Gluing views to URLs via the urlpatterns array in urls.py.
• Templates
  • Base templates.
  • Child templates using {% extends "base.html" %}.
  • Injecting child templates content into parent content blocks.
  • Demonstrates the use of basic templatetag logic: {% if %}{% else %}{% endif %}
  • Iterating over a QuerySet via {% for %}{% empty %}{% endfor %}.
  • Using a variable in a template with the {{ variable_name }} syntax.
• Generic Views
  • Writing a generic view.
  • Modifying a generic view's context.
• Forms
  • Rendering a ModelForm in a template.