Django Learning

My journey learning Django - organized code, resources, and notes.

📚 Course Parts

Part 1: Django Fundamentals

Topics: ORM, Queries, Models, Admin, Database Operations
Project: Storefront E-commerce
Status: ✅ Completed

🗂️ Repository Structure

Each part contains:

• storefront/ - The Django project
• course-resources/ - Original course code and database files
• notes/ - Learning notes and documentation

🚀 Quick Start

# Navigate to part 1
cd part-1/storefront

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Run migrations
python manage.py migrate

# Start development server
python manage.py runserver

📖 Documentation

• Part 1: Django ORM Notes
• Part 1: Models Notes
• Part 1: Admin Notes

🎯 Key Concepts Learned

Django ORM

• Query optimization with select_related and prefetch_related
• Complex queries using Q and F objects
• Aggregation and annotation
• Generic relations
• Custom managers

Models

• Field types and validators
• Relationship design (ForeignKey, ManyToMany, OneToOne)
• on_delete behavior
• Choices pattern for dropdowns
• Meta options for ordering and indexes

Admin

• List display customization
• Computed columns
• Custom actions
• Inline editing
• Performance optimization
• Custom filters

🛠️ Technologies

• Python 3.x
• Django 4.x
• SQLite (development)

📝 Notes Style

Notes are concept-focused with code snippets as examples - designed for learning and quick reference, not comprehensive documentation.