Hello Web App
Learn how to build a web app using Django and Python! Updated for Django 3.2.
Learn to code your own web app! Go from idea generation to launching your web app to potential customers in this short and friendly book. Updated for Django 2.0 and Python 3.
About
About the Book
Learn how to code web apps and get on the path to building your next side project, your lifestyle business, or your startup.
Updated for Django 3.2.
Hello Web App is written for non-programmers by a designer, and will walk you through every step you need before launching your web app live to real customers. No jargon, simple and friendly language, using the Python programming language and the Django framework.
This book doesn't walk you through a specific tutorial, but instead uses a generic example (a "collection of things") to allow you to create something that interests you. A blog is a collection of posts, a store is a collection of products, a directory is a collection of people. The possibilities are endless.
Learn by doing—creating a project unique to you while teaching yourself how to build a web app.
What you'll learn
Part 1
How to build a web app with Django
Django is the easiest way to launch a web app with users, registration, and dynamic objects.
How to use the Django admin
The best part about Django! Learn how to view and update your database using the Django admin.
Adding user registration
Allow folks to sign up for your web app! Learn how to add registration and login pages.
How to add payments with Stripe
Want to start generating revenue? Learn in this quick-and-easy chapter on adding Stripe.
Launch your web app on Heroku
Get your web app live on the internet for folks to see! Deployment made easy.
Part 2
Add user-uploaded images
Allow your users to upload images for their profiles or products.
Editing and resizing images
Learn how to set up your project to automatically resize or edit images.
Working with sessions
Learn how to store data short-term.
Learn how to work with multiple models
Break out your project into multiple models to store more information.
How to add payments with Stripe
Monetize your site and add payments or subscriptions to your accounts.
Adding Gulp, Sass, and other front-end technology
Learn how to integrate front-end tools and Node into your Django web app.
Adding an API
Add an API to your web app so your data can be accessed and used by other apps.
And more!
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- Instructional videos15 instructional videos and screencasts including: How to use Git, using the command line, a walkthrough of real life web app code, a walkthrough of creating a unique website feature, and 11 videos covering every chapter of the book.
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Author
About the Author
Tracy Osborn
Designer, developer, author, entreprenerd. Program manager at TinySeed. Author of Hello Web Books. Blogging at tracyosborn.com.
Episode 74
An Interview with Tracy Osborn
Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
What We’re Building
- MVP: Minimum Viable Product
Prerequisites
- HTML and CSS
- Python (just a bit)
- Suggestion: A Linux or Mac computer
Getting Started
Setting Up Your Templates
- Adding a URL to
urls.py - Creating your first view
- Adding static files
Fun With Template Tags
- Building complex templates with inheritance
- Adding a few other static pages
- Passing in variables and template tags
Adding Dynamic Data
- Your local database
- Setting up your model
- Finishing setting up your database with migrations
- Using the Django admin
Displaying Dynamic Information in the Templates
- Querying for info from the database
- Retrieving and filtering information with QuerySets
Setting Up Individual Object Pages
- Adding the new pages to our URL definitions
- Create the view
- Setting up the template
Forms.py Funsies
- Update your
urls.py - And then add your view…
- Create your
forms.pyfile
Adding a Registration Page
- Installing our first third party plugin for registration
- Setting up password reset functionality
Associating Users with Objects
- Changing our model so
Users can own aThing - Updating your registration flow
Setting Up Basic Browse Pages
- Set up your URL routing
- Set up the view
- Create the template
- Updating your nav and setting up redirects
Quick Hits: 404 Pages, requirements.txt, and Testing
- Setting up 404 and 500 error pages
- Setting up a requirements.txt
- Setting up your first tests
Deploying Your Web App
Setting up Heroku
- Installing a few extra packages
- Creating your Procfile
- Setting up your static files for production
- Creating your app on Heroku
- Setting up your production database
What To Do If Your App Is Broken
- Error pages usually help you find the problem
- Googling the error usually comes up with helpful answers
- Ask for help
Important Things to Know
- Code style
- Documentation
- Security
- Using the Django Shell
Moving Forward
- Keep building your app
- Great books and additional reading
- Additional tutorials and resources
- Free online classes
- In-person programming schools and development courses
- Stay in touch with Hello Web App
References
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