Python Django: 2 Ways To Deployment - 2023

Deploy a Django Web Application | Hands-on demonstrations | Render and Railway deployment

What you'll learn

Learn how to deploy your Django app to a live server

Deploy your application with Render

Deploy your application with Railway

How to manage your static and media files with Amazon S3 buckets

How to provision a PostgreSQL database with Render and Railway

Requirements

You should have a basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript

Fundamental knowledge of Django is required

General web development knowledge would be helpful

Description

Welcome! I'm here to teach you how you to deploy your Django application onto a live server. I will also teach you how to manage your static/media files as well as your PostgreSQL database.Throughout this course we will make use of the following services:Render: - For deploying our Django web application - For provisioning a PostgreSQL databaseAWS:- For storing our static and media files with Amazon S3 bucketsRailway: - For deploying our Django web application - For provisioning a PostgreSQL databaseThis course is primarily intended for those with a basic knowledge of Django. You also need to have some knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and a little bit of bootstrap would be helpful.  If you meet these conditions then this course is for you!I want to help YOU to deploy your very first Django application!The Python Django: 2 Ways to Deployment - 2023 - course has been structured in a simple and logical order. Everything that has been designed from the styling to the graphics and topics covered is crafted with the absolute duty of care towards the student. It covers all the concepts that you need to be aware of, in order to deploy your application.The course is structured in a logical and cohesive way - not just random lectures plastered everywhere.It starts off very simple and then builds on gradually throughout the course.This course is jam-packed with code snippets/references and with the full project source code (as a zip file).The Python Django: 2 Ways to Deployment - 2023 is a highly practical course and allows you to apply your knowledge:There is a wealth of hands-on lectures throughout this course.–––––––––––––––––––––––––-Your instructor:My name is Arno Pretorius. I'm a qualified IT teacher who has taught programming both in-person and online. My main passions are teaching and technology, so I thought why not just combine the best of both worlds to create something truly amazing and valuable. Over the years, I have created and deployed many real-world Django-based applications, including a job portal for university graduates and an exclusive social network. I'm a Django developer, an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Solutions Architect, and Developer. I have a keen interest in everything that relates to web development, Django web application security, and cloud computing.So, let's go and become fluent in Django, along with an extra service or two. Trust me you are in good hands!–––––––––––––––––––––––––-This course also comes with:- 7 + hours of on-demand video- Full lifetime access - A Udemy certificate of completion - Access on mobile and TVJoin me in this course if you want to deploy your Django application to Render and/or Railway.

Overview

Section 1: Course Introduction

Lecture 1 Course welcome!

Lecture 2 Course prerequisites

Lecture 3 Course overview

Lecture 4 Thought process

Lecture 5 Q/A forums

Section 2: Final project code - download

Lecture 6 Final project code - download

Section 3: Baseline Installation and setup

Lecture 7 Python installation and setup

Lecture 8 Visual Studio Code installation and setup

Lecture 9 Visual Studio Code extensions

Section 4: Create a basic Django app - [Optional]

Lecture 10 Introduction - A simplified approach

Lecture 11 Django project setup

Lecture 12 Configure the python interpreter

Lecture 13 VS code terminal / Command prompt

Lecture 14 Django app setup

Lecture 15 Templates, URL's and Views - Pt. 1

Lecture 16 Templates, URL's and Views - Pt. 2

Lecture 17 App-level templates - Namespace protection

Lecture 18 Configure static files

Lecture 19 How to refresh static files

Lecture 20 Styling our web app - Pt. 1

Lecture 21 Styling our web app - Pt. 2

Lecture 22 Create a profile model

Lecture 23 Configure Django to allow file uploads

Lecture 24 User registration - Pt. 1

Lecture 25 Styling our user registration page - Pt. 2

Lecture 26 User registration - Pt. 3

Lecture 27 User authentication

Lecture 28 User authentication - Continued

Lecture 29 Protecting our account views

Lecture 30 Profile management: Updating our username and email

Lecture 31 Profile management: Deleting an account

Lecture 32 Upload and render a file in Django

Lecture 33 Design and styling - Pt. 1

Lecture 34 Design and styling - Pt. 2

Section 5: AWS setup and basics

Lecture 35 Introduction - AWS

Lecture 36 Create an AWS account

Lecture 37 Create a budget with AWS Budgets

Lecture 38 Create an IAM user group and user

Lecture 39 Alternate IAM sign-in method

Lecture 40 Generate access keys

Lecture 41 Enable MFA for your accounts

Lecture 42 Install and setup the AWS CLI

Lecture 43 Setup your AWS credentials

Section 6: Deploy your static/media files

Lecture 44 Setup an Amazon S3 bucket

Lecture 45 Configure Amazon S3 with your app

Section 7: Deploy your app with Render - Option 1

Lecture 46 Introduction - Render

Lecture 47 Create a GitHub account - [Optional]

Lecture 48 Create a Render account

Lecture 49 Cost pricing analysis - Render

Lecture 50 Create a PostgreSQL database on Render

Lecture 51 Installing important packages

Lecture 52 Configure our database settings

Lecture 53 Testing our PostgreSQL database

Lecture 54 Configuring our environment variables

Lecture 55 Deployment preparation

Lecture 56 Deploying to Render - Pt. 1

Lecture 57 Deploying to Render - Pt. 2

Lecture 58 Custom domain name guidance

Lecture 59 Resource cleanup

Section 8: Deploy your app with Railway - Option 2

Lecture 60 Introduction - Railway

Lecture 61 Create a GitHub account - [Optional]

Lecture 62 Cost pricing analysis - Railway

Lecture 63 Verify your Railway account

Lecture 64 Create a PostgreSQL database on Railway

Lecture 65 Installing important packages

Lecture 66 Configure our database settings

Lecture 67 Testing our PostgreSQL database

Lecture 68 Configuring our environment variables

Lecture 69 Deployment preparation

Lecture 70 Deploying to Railway - Pt. 1

Lecture 71 Deploying to Railway - Pt. 2

Lecture 72 Custom domain name guidance

Lecture 73 Resource cleanup

Section 9: Thank you!

Lecture 74 THANK YOU! - A final message

Lecture 75 Bonus lecture

Django developers who want to access their application on a live server,Django developers who want to learn how to build a real-world project,Tech enthusiasts who want to learn more!