Python Django For Aws Development - Mastery Course - Part 1

Master the fundamentals of AWS development with Python Django | Hands-on demonstrations

What you'll learn

Learn how to integrate various AWS services within Django

Orchestrate a CI/CD pipeline with CodeCommit, CodeBuild and CodeDeploy

How to make use of fundamental AWS services

Make use of several DevOps services in AWS

Learn how to manage the basic CI/CD process in AWS

Deploy your Django application by following a PaaS and IaaS approach

How to make use of Amazon S3 buckets

Create docker images and transform them to run as docker containers

Learn how to dockerize your Django application

Create and connect to an Amazon RDS postgres database

Design an architecture in AWS that is well-structured and designed

Make use of monitoring tools such as AWS CloudWatch

Learn how to Register a domain name and provision an SSL certificate

Requirements

You need to have a basic knowledge of Django and AWS

You need to have fundamental knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript

Knowledge of DevOps would be advantageous

A strong and stable internet connection with no network configuration issues in terms of restrictions or limitations

Description

Welcome! I'm here to teach you how you to master the fundamentals of AWS development with Python Django. There are many sections in this course, but some of the key ones include the following: Create a basic CRUD application in Django- The first thing that we will do is create a simple CRUD application in Django - [Optional]Docker with Django- We will learn how to build docker images and transform them to run as docker containers with Docker Desktop. Django + AWS Integration: Phase I- The first phase will be very beginner friendly as we start to set up our AWS infrastructure.AWS services used:- AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)- AWS Budgets- Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)- Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)- Amazon Route 53- AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)Django + AWS Integration: Phase II- The second phase will be very beginner friendly and prove to be beneficial to all levels as we start to set up our AWS infrastructure.AWS services used:- Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES)- AWS Elastic BeanstalkDjango + AWS Integration: Phase III- The third phase explores more intermediate concepts AWS services used:- Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR)- Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)- AWS CodeCommit- AWS CodeBuild- AWS CodePipelineDjango + AWS Integration: Phase IV- The fourth phase explores more intermediate concepts AWS services used:- Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR)- Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)- AWS CodeCommit- AWS CodeBuild- AWS CodeDeploy- AWS CodePipelineFinal CI/CD demonstration- A final demonstration on the basic CI/CD process of AWS - Amazon CloudWatchI want to help YOU to master the fundamentals of AWS development with Python Django.The Python Django for AWS Development - Mastery course - Part 1 - 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 for AWS Development - Mastery course - Part 1 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 AWS + Django development.Trust me you are in good hands!–––––––––––––––––––––––––-This course also comes with:- 11 + hours of on-demand video- Full lifetime access - A Udemy certificate of completion - Access on mobile and TV

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

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 - [Recommended]

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 Django Crispy Forms - [Important]

Lecture 26 Styling our user registration page - Pt. 2 - EDIT

Lecture 27 User registration - Pt. 3

Lecture 28 User authentication - Pt. 1

Lecture 29 User authentication - Pt. 2

Lecture 30 Protecting our account views

Lecture 31 Profile management: Updating our username and email

Lecture 32 Profile management: Deleting an account

Lecture 33 Upload and render a file in Django

Lecture 34 Design and styling - Pt. 1

Lecture 35 Design and styling - Pt. 2

Section 5: Network configuration - [Important]

Lecture 36 Device network configuration

Section 6: AWS integration - Phase I

Lecture 37 Section structure -

Lecture 38 Create an AWS account

Lecture 39 AWS CLI setup - [Important]

Lecture 40 Set the AWS Region - [Important]

Lecture 41 Amazon Budgets - (Theory review)

Lecture 42 Create a budget with AWS Budgets

Lecture 43 Amazon IAM - (Theory review)

Lecture 44 Create an IAM user group and user

Lecture 45 Alternate IAM sign-in method

Lecture 46 Generate access keys

Lecture 47 Enable MFA for your accounts

Lecture 48 Amazon S3 - (Theory review)

Lecture 49 Amazon S3 configuration and setup

Lecture 50 Deploy our static files to Amazon S3

Lecture 51 Deploy and render image files in Amazon S3

Lecture 52 Amazon RDS - (Theory review)

Lecture 53 Create an Amazon RDS database - Pt. 1

Lecture 54 Create an Amazon RDS database - Pt. 2

Lecture 55 Amazon Route 53 - (Theory review)

Lecture 56 Register a domain name with Route 53

Lecture 57 Amazon Certificate Manager - (Theory review)

Lecture 58 Provision and assign an SSL certificate

Section 7: AWS integration - Phase II

Lecture 59 AWS credentials setup - [Important]

Lecture 60 Amazon SES - (Theory review)

Lecture 61 Send emails with Django and Amazon SES - Pt. 1

Lecture 62 Send emails with Django and Amazon SES - Pt. 2

Lecture 63 Amazon SES - Production access

Lecture 64 Amazon ElasticBeanstalk - (Theory review)

Lecture 65 AWS EB CLI setup - Option 1

Lecture 66 AWS EB CLI setup - Option 2

Lecture 67 Installing Gunicorn

Lecture 68 Securing our app with environment variables

Lecture 69 Deployment preparation for EB

Lecture 70 Deploy our app to AWS Elastic Beanstalk - Pt. 1 - (HTTP)

Lecture 71 Deploy our app to AWS Elastic Beanstalk - Pt. 2 - (HTTPS)

Lecture 72 Debugging errors with EB logs

Lecture 73 What are sticky sessions?

Lecture 74 How to enable sticky sessions?

Lecture 75 Section cleanup

Section 8: Dockerize a Django app

Lecture 76 What is Docker?

Lecture 77 Managing docker containers on AWS - Theory overview

Lecture 78 Running docker containers on Amazon ECS

Lecture 79 What is serverless computing?

Lecture 80 Installing and setting up Docker

Lecture 81 Examine Docker desktop

Lecture 82 Create a Docker file

Lecture 83 Build a docker image

Lecture 84 Run our docker container

Lecture 85 Docker cleanup

Lecture 86 Creating a docker image for production

Section 9: AWS integration - Phase llI

Lecture 87 Section requirements - PLEASE READ

Lecture 88 Assigning permission policies

Lecture 89 Amazon ECR - (Theory review)

Lecture 90 Amazon ECR push issues - [Important]

Lecture 91 Push a docker image to Amazon ECR

Lecture 92 ECR and Docker desktop cleanup

Lecture 93 Create a new ECR Repo

Lecture 94 What is CI/CD?

Lecture 95 AWS CodeCommit - (Theory review)

Lecture 96 AWS CodeBuild - (Theory review)

Lecture 97 AWS CodeDeploy - (Theory review)

Lecture 98 How to manage the CI/CD process in AWS

Lecture 99 Define a Task Definition on ECS

Lecture 100 Modifying your Task size - [Important]

Lecture 101 How to create a docker-compose file - [Optional]

Lecture 102 Create a buildspec.yml file - Pt. 1

Lecture 103 Create a buildspec.yml file - Pt. 2

Lecture 104 Integrate an appspec.yml file

Lecture 105 Create a taskdef.json file

Lecture 106 Pre-code cleanup

Lecture 107 Deployment preparation for ECS

Lecture 108 Install and setup Git

Lecture 109 Connect to AWS CodeCommit

Lecture 110 An important note on packages

Lecture 111 Push our source code to AWS CodeCommit

Lecture 112 Build our project with AWS CodeBuild

Lecture 113 Assign permissions to our CodeBuild Role

Lecture 114 Creating our Pipeline - Part. 1

Lecture 115 Task Definition analysis - Deep dive

Section 10: AWS integration - Phase lV

Lecture 116 Create an ECS - Fargate cluster

Lecture 117 Setup our load balancer and target groups

Lecture 118 Create a CodeDeploy - ECS Role

Lecture 119 Configure our DNS records and port listeners

Lecture 120 Create our ECS service and tasks

Lecture 121 Test our application

Lecture 122 Analysing and configuring CodeDeploy

Section 11: CI/CD - Final demonstration

Lecture 123 Appending our Pipeline - Part. 2

Lecture 124 Pipeline analysis

Lecture 125 Final demonstration - CI/CD - Pt. 1

Lecture 126 Final demonstration - CI/CD - Pt. 2

Lecture 127 Basic application monitoring

Lecture 128 AWS resource cleanup

Section 12: Additional resources

Lecture 129 Monitoring your application

Lecture 130 The CI/CD process

Lecture 131 AWS Fargate security

Section 13: Thank you!

Lecture 132 THANK YOU! - A final message

Lecture 133 Bonus lecture

Intermediate or advanced Django developers who want to learn about DevOps,Junior DevOps developers looking to expand their skills,Developers or System administrators that are looking to expand their skills into DevOps,Django developers who want to learn how to make use of various AWS services