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Django

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Django

roadmap.sh: https://roadmap.sh/django

Suggested path through the Django nodes. Each node links to its lesson when written.

Nodes

Prerequisites

  • Python fundamentals
  • HTTP & request/response cycle
  • HTML & CSS basics
  • Relational databases & SQL
  • Virtual environments
  • pip & package management

Getting started

  • Installation & project setup
  • django-admin & manage.py
  • Project vs app structure
  • Settings module
  • Development server (runserver)

MVT architecture

  • Model-View-Template overview
  • URL dispatcher & routing
  • URL namespaces & reverse()
  • Views (function-based)
  • Views (class-based)
  • Generic views

Templates

  • Django template language
  • Template inheritance
  • Context & context processors
  • Filters & tags
  • Custom template tags

Models & the ORM

  • Defining models
  • Fields & field types
  • Migrations
  • QuerySets & managers
  • Relationships (FK, M2M, O2O)
  • Aggregation & annotation
  • Transactions
  • Raw SQL & query optimization

Forms

  • Form basics
  • ModelForms
  • Form validation
  • Formsets
  • CSRF protection

Admin site

  • Registering models
  • Customizing ModelAdmin
  • Admin actions & filters

Authentication & authorization

  • User model & custom users
  • Login / logout / sessions
  • Permissions & groups
  • Password management

Class-based view mixins

  • ListView & DetailView
  • CreateView, UpdateView, DeleteView
  • LoginRequired & permission mixins

Static & media files

  • Static files handling
  • Media / file uploads
  • collectstatic & storage backends

Middleware

  • Built-in middleware
  • Writing custom middleware

REST & APIs

  • Django REST Framework
  • Serializers
  • ViewSets & routers
  • Authentication & permissions
  • GraphQL (Graphene / Strawberry)

Async & background work

  • ASGI & async views
  • Celery & task queues
  • Django Channels (WebSockets)
  • Caching (Redis / Memcached)

Testing

  • Django test framework
  • pytest-django
  • Test client & fixtures
  • Factory Boy

Security

  • XSS, CSRF & SQL injection defenses
  • Clickjacking protection
  • HTTPS & secure settings
  • Security middleware

Deployment

  • WSGI / ASGI servers (Gunicorn, Uvicorn)
  • Nginx reverse proxy
  • Environment configuration
  • Docker & containerization
  • Logging & monitoring
  • CI/CD

Resources

See resources.md.

Project ideas

  • Build a blog with auth, the admin, ModelForms, and class-based views end to end.
  • Expose a REST API for a todo app using Django REST Framework with token auth and tests.
  • Add a Celery + Redis background pipeline that sends email notifications and caches expensive queries.

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