Web Application Technologies and Django
The University of Michigan
This first course in Django for Everybody explores the basic structure of a web application and how web browsers interact with web servers. This course Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), an introduction of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), along with the overall structure of a Django application.
About this Course
In this course, you'll explore the basic structure of a web application, and how a web browser interacts with a web server. You'll be introduced to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request/response cycle, including GET/POST/Redirect. You'll also gain an introductory understanding of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), as well as the overall structure of a Django application. We will explore the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern for web applications and how it relates to Django. You will learn how to deploy a Django application using a service like PythonAnywhere so that it is available over the Internet.
What You'll Learn
- Explain the basics of HTTP and how the request-response cycle works
- Install and deploy a simple DJango application
- Build simple web pages in HTML and style them using CSS
- Explain the basic operations in SQL
Instructors
Charles Severance
Professor, School of Information