Course Overview
This intensive 14-week program takes you from the fundamentals of programming to building complete web applications using Python and modern frameworks. Each week builds upon previous knowledge, with daily exercises and projects to reinforce learning. This is a work in progress and content subject to change. Use at own risk. May contain subversive content.
Week 1: Introduction to Web Development, Setup & Containerization
Monday: Web Fundamentals & Course Introduction
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Course introduction and overview
- Student introductions and background assessment
- Introduction to web development ecosystems
- How the web works: clients, servers, and HTTP
- The request-response cycle
- Web browsers and developer tools
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Setting up accounts (GitHub, required course platforms)
- PATH Environment
- Basic command line interface (CLI) navigation
- Introduction to code editors (VS Code)
- Installing Python and setting up virtual environments
- Assignment: Configure development environment and submit a screenshot
Tuesday: Version Control & Collaboration
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to version control concepts
- Git fundamentals: repositories, commits, branches
- Basic Git commands: init, add, commit, status, log
- Hands-on practice with local repositories
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- GitHub introduction: remote repositories
- Pushing and pulling code
- Collaboration basics: cloning, forking
- Creating your first GitHub repository
- Assignment: Create a repository with a README.md file describing your goals for the course
Wednesday: Docker Basics & Containerization
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to containerization concepts
- Understanding the problems Docker solves
- Docker architecture and components
- Installing Docker Desktop
- Basic Docker commands: images, containers, volumes
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Running your first container
- Docker Hub and public images
- Creating a basic Dockerfile
- Building and running your own image
- For JavaScript developers: Comparing Node.js and Python container setups
- Assignment: Create a Docker container running a simple "Hello World" Python script
Thursday: Docker Compose & Development Workflows
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Docker Compose introduction
- Multi-container applications
- Creating a docker-compose.yml file
- Environment variables and configuration
- Volume mounts for development
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Setting up a development environment with Docker Compose
- Hot reloading with mounted volumes
- Docker networking basics
- Troubleshooting common Docker issues
- Assignment: Create a Docker Compose setup with a Python service and a simple database
Friday: Project Setup & Course Tools
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Setting up a complete development environment:
- Code editor configuration for Python development
- Git integration
- Docker integration
- Extensions and tools for productivity
- Introduction to the course project structure
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Review of the week's concepts
- Q&A 3 Hour Session
- Workshop: Putting it all together
- Introduction to next week's topics
- Weekend Project: Set up a containerized Python environment that includes:
- A Python 3.10+ container
- VS Code configured for remote development in container
- Git integration
- Basic project structure for a web application
- Documentation on how to use your setup
Additional Resources:
- Docker documentation
- Git cheat sheets
- Visual Studio and Python
- HTTP and web fundamentals reading list
Week 2: Python Fundamentals (Part 1)
Monday: Introduction to Python
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to Python and its philosophy
- Python installation verification
- Python in Docker containers
- REPL Python scripts
- Running Python scripts
- Variables, data types, and basic operations
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Strings and string manipulation
- Numbers and mathematical operations
- Type conversion
- Input and output
- For JavaScript developers: Python vs JavaScript data types comparison
- Assignment: Create basic Python scripts to solve simple problems with different data types
Tuesday: Control Structures
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Conditional statements (if, elif, else)
- Comparison and logical operators
- Truthiness in Python
- Loops: for and while
- Loop control: break, continue, pass
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Hands-on practice with control structures
- Nested conditionals and loops
- Code organization and indentation
- For JavaScript developers: Differences in loop constructs between Python and JavaScript
- Assignment: Implement algorithms using control structures (e.g., simple number guessing game)
Wednesday: Data Structures
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Lists and list comprehensions
- Tuples and when to use them
- Dictionaries and dictionary operations
- Sets and set operations
- Working with collections
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Nested data structures
- Iterating through collections
- Selecting appropriate data structures for different problems
- For JavaScript developers: Comparing Python collections to JavaScript arrays and objects
- Assignment: Create and manipulate different data structures to solve practical problems
Thursday: Functions
Morning 3 Hour Session
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Anonymous functions (lambda)
- Higher-order functions
- Recursion basics
- Error handling with try/except
- For JavaScript developers: Python functions vs JavaScript functions
- Assignment: Create a small utility library with multiple functions
Friday: Modules and Packages
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Importing modules
- Creating and using your own modules
- Python standard library overview
- Package management with pip
- Virtual environments best practices
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Docker and dependencies management
- requirements.txt files
- Project structure best practices
- Review of Week 2 concepts
- For JavaScript developers: Comparing to npm and package.json
- Weekend Project: Create a command-line tool that uses multiple Python concepts from the week
Additional Resources:
- Python official documentation
- Python Style Guide (PEP 8)
- Recommended Python books and tutorials
- Interactive Python practice platforms
Week 3: Python Fundamentals (Part 2)
Monday: Object-Oriented Programming Basics
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming concepts
- Classes and objects
- Attributes and methods
- Constructors and
__init__method - Instance vs. class variables
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Creating and using custom classes
- Object instantiation
- Method implementation
selfparameter in methods- For JavaScript developers: Python classes vs. JavaScript classes/prototypes
- Assignment: Design and implement a simple class-based system (e.g., a basic inventory system)
Tuesday: OOP Advanced Concepts
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Inheritance and method overriding
- Multiple inheritance
- Abstract classes and interfaces
- Polymorphism
- Encapsulation in Python
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Class methods and static methods
- Magic/dunder methods
- Property decorators (getters and setters)
- For JavaScript developers: Advanced OOP patterns compared to JavaScript
- Assignment: Extend your previous class system with inheritance and advanced features
Wednesday: File I/O and Exception Handling
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Reading and writing text files
- Working with CSV files
- Context managers and the
withstatement - Serialization with JSON
- File paths and operating system differences
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Exception handling deep dive
- Custom exceptions
- Handling multiple exceptions
try/except/else/finallyblocks- Best practices for error handling
- Assignment: Create a data processing script that reads files, handles errors, and outputs results
Thursday: Python Standard Library
Morning 3 Hour Session
Deep dive into important standard library modules:
datetimefor date and time handlingosandsysfor system operationscollectionsfor advanced data structuresrandomfor random number generationrefor regular expressions
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
pathlibfor file system pathsargparsefor command-line interfacesloggingfor application loggingfunctoolsanditertoolsfor functional programming- For JavaScript developers: Comparison to Node.js standard libraries
- Assignment: Build a multi-feature command-line utility using standard library modules
Friday: Python in Web Development Context
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to third-party libraries for web development
- Virtual environments revisited with
virtualenvandpipenv - Package management deep dive
- Understanding dependencies in web projects
- Python project structure for web applications
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Review of Python fundamentals
- Python code quality and best practices
- Introduction to testing concepts
- Week 1-3 cumulative quiz
- Preview of Week 4: Web Fundamentals
- Weekend Project: Create a data processing application that demonstrates all key Python concepts learned
Additional Resources:
- Advanced Python documentation
- Design patterns in Python
- Third-party library exploration guide
- Python coding style guides
Week 4: Web Fundamentals
Monday: HTML5 Essentials
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to HTML and its evolution
- HTML document structure
- Basic HTML elements and tags
- Text formatting and headings
- Lists and tables
- Links and navigation
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- HTML forms and input types
- HTML5 semantic elements
- Image and multimedia elements
- Validation and accessibility basics
- For JavaScript developers: Progressive enhancement approach
- Assignment: Create a multi-page website with various HTML elements
Tuesday: CSS Fundamentals
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to CSS and styling
- CSS selectors and specificity
- Box model and layout basics
- Colors, backgrounds, and borders
- Text styling and typography
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- CSS positioning (static, relative, absolute, fixed)
- Display properties
- Floats and clears
- CSS organization and best practices
- For JavaScript developers: CSS architecture approaches
- Assignment: Style your HTML pages from Monday with CSS
Wednesday: Responsive Design
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to responsive web design
- Media queries
- Flexible layouts and fluid grids
- Viewport configuration
- Mobile-first approach
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Responsive images and media
- CSS Flexbox
- CSS Grid basics
- Testing responsive designs
- For JavaScript developers: Advanced responsive patterns
- Assignment: Convert your website to be fully responsive
Thursday: DOM and Basic JavaScript
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Document Object Model (DOM) introduction
- Selecting DOM elements
- Manipulating DOM content
- Event handling
- JavaScript fundamentals review
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- DOM traversal
- Creating and removing elements
- Modifying element styles and classes
- Browser storage (
localStorage,3 Hour SessionStorage) - For JavaScript developers: Advanced DOM patterns and optimization
- Assignment: Add interactive features to your website using JavaScript
Friday: Web Development Workflow & Tools
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Developer tools deep dive
- Browser compatibility issues
- CSS preprocessors introduction (SASS/SCSS)
- Basic build process concepts
- Web accessibility standards
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Dockerizing a frontend environment
- Web performance basics
- Debugging techniques for frontend
- Review of Week 4 concepts
- Weekend Project: Create a complete, responsive website with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Additional Resources:
- W3C standards documentation
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Resources
- CSS Tricks and other modern frontend resources (Google)
Week 5: Python Web Frameworks Introduction - Flask
Monday: Introduction to Web Frameworks & Flask Basics
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to web frameworks
- Python web ecosystem overview
- Flask installation and setup
- Creating your first Flask application
- Routing basics
- Running the development server
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Dockerizing a Flask application
- Flask project structure
- Route parameters and URL building
- HTTP methods in Flask (GET, POST, etc.)
- For JavaScript developers: Comparing Flask to Express.js
- Assignment: Create a basic Flask application with multiple routes
Tuesday: Flask Templates with Jinja2
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to template engines
- Jinja2 basics
- Rendering templates
- Template variables and filters
- Control structures in templates
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Template inheritance
- Template organization
- Static files (CSS, JavaScript, images)
- Macros and includes
- For JavaScript developers: Comparing Jinja2 to JavaScript templating
- Assignment: Extend your Flask application with templates and static files
Wednesday: Forms and User Input
Morning 3 Hour Session
- HTML forms review
- Handling form submissions in Flask
- Request object
- Form validation basics
- Flash messages
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to Flask-WTF
- Creating form classes
- CSRF protection
- Form validation with WTForms
- For JavaScript developers: Server-side vs. client-side validation
- Assignment: Implement forms with validation in your Flask application
Thursday: Flask Configuration and Error Handling
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Flask application configuration
- Environment variables
- Configuration classes
- Application factory pattern
- Blueprints for application structure
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Error handling in Flask
- Custom error pages
- Logging in Flask applications
- Debugging techniques
- For JavaScript developers: Error handling patterns across frameworks
- Assignment: Restructure your application with blueprints and proper error handling
Friday: Flask Extensions and Ecosystem
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to Flask extensions
- 3 Hour Session management
- Flask-Login for user authentication
- Flask-Mail for sending emails
- Other useful extensions overview
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Integrating Flask with frontend technologies
- Serving APIs with Flask
- Deployment considerations
- Week 5 review and Q&A
- For JavaScript developers: Flask vs. full-stack JavaScript frameworks
- Weekend Project: Build a Flask application that integrates multiple concepts learned this week
Additional Resources:
- Flask documentation
- Jinja2 documentation
- Miguel Grinberg's Flask Mega-Tutorial
- Flask extension registry
Week 6: Backend Development (Part 1)
Monday: RESTful API Design Principles
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to REST architecture
- HTTP methods and their semantic meanings (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH)
- Resource naming and URL design
- Status codes and their meanings
- API documentation standards
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- RESTful design best practices
- API versioning strategies
- Authentication methods overview
- Testing APIs with Postman/Insomnia
- For JavaScript developers: REST vs GraphQL comparison
- Assignment: Design a RESTful API for a sample application
Tuesday: Building APIs with Flask
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Flask as an API backend
- Creating API endpoints
- Request parsing
- JSON responses
- Error handling in APIs
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to Flask-RESTful
- Resource-based API structure
- Request validation
- API testing with pytest
- For JavaScript developers: Comparing to Express.js API patterns
- Assignment: Implement your API design using Flask
Wednesday: Database Fundamentals
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to databases
- Relational vs non-relational databases
- Basic SQL concepts
- Database design principles
- Entity-relationship modeling
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Installing and configuring SQLite
- Creating tables and defining schemas
- CRUD operations in SQL
- SQL joins and relationships
- Transactions and consistency
- For JavaScript developers: SQL vs NoSQL considerations
- Assignment: Design a database schema for an application
Thursday: ORM with SQLAlchemy Basics
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to Object-Relational Mapping
- SQLAlchemy installation and setup
- Defining models
- Creating and migrating database tables
- Basic CRUD operations with SQLAlchemy
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- SQLAlchemy relationships (one-to-many, many-to-many)
- Querying with SQLAlchemy
- Transaction management
- Flask-SQLAlchemy integration
- For JavaScript developers: Comparing to JavaScript ORMs
- Assignment: Implement database models for your API
Friday: Connecting APIs with Databases
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Integrating SQLAlchemy models with Flask APIs
- Data validation and serialization
- Error handling with database operations
- API pagination and filtering
- Performance considerations
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Dockerizing a Flask API with a database
- Docker Compose for multi-container applications
- Environment variables and secrets management
- Week 6 review and Q&A
- Weekend Project: Create a fully functional RESTful API with database integration
Additional Resources:
- RESTful API design guidelines
- SQLAlchemy documentation
- Flask-RESTful documentation
- Database design patterns
- API security best practices
Week 7: Backend Development (Part 2)
Monday: Advanced SQLAlchemy
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Advanced query techniques
- Hybrid properties and expressions
- Association tables and relationships
- Query optimization
- Alembic for database migrations
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Dealing with large datasets
- Working with raw SQL when needed
- Connection pooling
- Database events and triggers
- For JavaScript developers: Advanced ORM patterns
- Assignment: Extend your API with complex database operations
Tuesday: API Authentication and Authorization
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Authentication vs. authorization
- Token-based authentication
- JWT (JSON Web Tokens)
- OAuth 2.0 concepts
- Flask-JWT-Extended integration
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Role-based access control
- User authentication implementation
- Securing API endpoints
- Testing authentication flows
- For JavaScript developers: Auth patterns in Node.js vs. Flask
- Assignment: Add authentication to your API
Wednesday: API Testing and Documentation
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Unit testing Flask applications
- Integration testing APIs
- Test fixtures and factories
- Mocking external dependencies
- Continuous integration for API testing
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- API documentation with Swagger/OpenAPI
- Flask-OpenAPI extensions
- Automatic documentation generation
- Interactive API documentation
- For JavaScript developers: Testing frameworks comparison
- Assignment: Add comprehensive tests and documentation to your API
Thursday: Background Tasks and Asynchronous Processing
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Synchronous vs. asynchronous processing
- Task queues concepts
- Introduction to Celery
- Message brokers (Redis, RabbitMQ)
- Scheduling background tasks
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Implementing task queues with Flask
- Monitoring and managing background tasks
- Error handling in asynchronous tasks
- Containerizing background workers
- For JavaScript developers: Comparing to Node.js async patterns
- Assignment: Add background processing capabilities to your application
Friday: API Best Practices and Advanced Patterns
Morning 3 Hour Session
- API versioning and evolution
- Rate limiting and throttling
- Caching strategies
- HATEOAS and API discoverability
- API security best practices
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Backend architecture patterns
- Microservices vs. monoliths
- API gateways and proxies
- Review of Weeks 6-7
- Backend midterm project introduction
- Weekend Project: Complete a full-featured backend API with all concepts learned
Additional Resources:
- Advanced SQLAlchemy techniques
- API security checklists
- Asynchronous Python patterns
- Microservices architecture guides
Week 8: Frontend for Python Developers
Monday: JavaScript Essentials
Morning 3 Hour Session
- JavaScript fundamentals review
- Variables, data types, and operators
- Functions and scope
- Objects and arrays
- Control structures
- Modern JavaScript (ES6+) features
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- JavaScript in the browser environment
- Event handling deep dive
- Browser APIs overview
- Asynchronous JavaScript introduction
- For JavaScript developers: Advanced pattern workshop
- Assignment: Build interactive components with vanilla JavaScript
Tuesday: DOM Manipulation and Events
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Advanced DOM selection techniques
- Creating and manipulating DOM elements
- Event propagation (bubbling and capturing)
- Event delegation patterns
- Browser performance considerations
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Form handling and validation with JavaScript
- Working with browser storage (
localStorage,3 Hour SessionStorage) - Managing application state in the browser
- Browser debugging tools deep dive
- For JavaScript developers: State management patterns
- Assignment: Create a dynamic form with client-side validation
Wednesday: Fetch API and AJAX
Morning 3 Hour Session
- HTTP requests from the browser
- Fetch API fundamentals
- Handling responses (JSON, text, etc.)
- Error handling in Fetch
- CORS and security considerations
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Promises and async/await with Fetch
- Building a service layer for API calls
- Caching strategies in the browser
- Loading indicators and user experience
- For JavaScript developers: Advanced API patterns
- Assignment: Connect your frontend to your Flask API
Thursday: Frontend Build Tools and Asset Management
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to frontend build tools
- Module bundlers overview (Webpack, Vite)
- CSS preprocessing
- Asset optimization
- Development vs. production builds
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Setting up a modern frontend workflow
- Integrating with Flask
- Serving static assets from Flask
- Frontend Docker configurations
- For JavaScript developers: Advanced build configurations
- Assignment: Set up a frontend build process for your application
Friday: Frontend Framework Introduction
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to JavaScript frameworks
- Comparing React, Vue, and Angular
- Component-based architecture
- Data flow in frontend applications
- When to use a framework vs. vanilla JavaScript
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Integrating a frontend framework with Flask
- Server-side rendering vs. client-side rendering
- API consumption patterns
- Review of Week 8
- Weekend Project: Create a frontend interface for your API using modern JavaScript
Additional Resources:
- MDN JavaScript documentation
- JavaScript Design Patterns
- Modern JavaScript features guide
- API integration best practices
Week 9: User Authentication & Security
Monday: Authentication Fundamentals
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Authentication concepts
- Password handling and security
- Hashing algorithms (bcrypt, Argon2)
- Salt and pepper concepts
- Authentication workflows
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Implementing user registration
- Login systems
- Password reset flows
- Email verification
- For JavaScript developers: Frontend/backend auth coordination
- Assignment: Implement a secure user registration and login system
Tuesday: 3 Hour Session Management
Morning 3 Hour Session
- HTTP statelessness and 3 Hour Sessions
- Cookie-based 3 Hour Sessions
- Server-side 3 Hour Session storage
- 3 Hour Session security considerations
- Flask 3 Hour Session management
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Implementing 3 Hour Session management
- 3 Hour Session expiration and renewal
- Remember-me functionality
- 3 Hour Session fixation prevention
- For JavaScript developers: Comparing to JWT approaches
- Assignment: Add comprehensive 3 Hour Session management to your application
Wednesday: Token-based Authentication
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Token-based authentication concepts
- JSON Web Tokens (JWT) in depth
- JWT structure and verification
- Token storage and transmission
- Refresh token patterns
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Implementing JWT authentication in Flask
- Frontend storage of tokens
- Securing API endpoints with JWT
- Single Sign-On concepts
- For JavaScript developers: Full-stack JWT implementation
- Assignment: Convert your 3 Hour Session-based auth to JWT authentication
Thursday: Web Application Security
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Web security fundamentals
- OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
- Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) prevention
- Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection
- SQL injection prevention
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Content Security Policy (CSP)
- Secure HTTP headers
- Rate limiting and brute force protection
- Security headers and configurations
- For JavaScript developers: Frontend security considerations
- Assignment: Security audit and hardening of your application
Friday: Advanced Security and OAuth
Morning 3 Hour Session
- OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect
- Third-party authentication integration
- Social login implementation
- Multi-factor authentication
- Role-based access control implementation
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Security best practices review
- Security testing techniques
- Penetration testing introduction
- Week 9 review and Q&A
- Weekend Project: Implement a complete authentication system with multiple providers and security hardening
Additional Resources:
- OWASP security documentation
- JWT.io resources
- OAuth 2.0 specifications
- Web security checklists
- Authentication patterns documentation
Week 10: Django Framework
Monday: Django Introduction and Project Structure
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to Django framework
- Django vs. Flask comparison
- Django installation and setup
- Creating your first Django project
- Understanding Django's MTV architecture
- Project structure and organization
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Django apps concept
- Settings configuration
- URL patterns and routing
- Dockerizing a Django application
- For JavaScript developers: Comparing to full-stack JS frameworks
- Assignment: Create a new Django project with proper structure
Tuesday: Django Models and ORM
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Django models deep dive
- Field types and options
- Relationships (ForeignKey, ManyToMany, OneToOne)
- Model inheritance
- Meta options and customization
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Django ORM queries
- QuerySets and managers
- Database migrations
- Raw SQL when necessary
- For JavaScript developers: Comparing to Sequelize/TypeORM
- Assignment: Implement complex models for an application
Wednesday: Django Views and Templates
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Function-based views
- Class-based views
- Generic views
- Mixins and view patterns
- URL configurations and patterns
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Django template language
- Template inheritance and inclusion
- Custom template tags and filters
- Static files management
- For JavaScript developers: Template systems comparison
- Assignment: Create views and templates for your Django application
Thursday: Django Forms and Admin Interface
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Django forms framework
- ModelForms
- Form validation and cleaning
- Form rendering and customization
- CSRF protection
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Django admin interface
- Admin customization
- Admin actions
- Admin permissions and security
- Third-party admin enhancements
- For JavaScript developers: Admin interfaces in other frameworks
- Assignment: Customize forms and admin interface for your application
Friday: Django REST Framework
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to Django REST Framework (DRF)
- Serializers and deserialization
- Function-based API views
- Class-based API views
- ViewSets and Routers
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Authentication in DRF
- Permissions and throttling
- Pagination and filtering
- API documentation with DRF
- Review of Week 10
- Weekend Project: Convert your Flask application to Django or build a new application with Django
Additional Resources:
- Django official documentation
- Django REST Framework documentation
- Two Scoops of Django book
- Django ORM optimization guides
- Django deployment best practices
Week 11: Advanced Database Concepts
Monday: Database Relationships
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Advanced relational database concepts
- One-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many relationships in depth
- Modeling complex relationships
- Self-referential relationships
- Polymorphic relationships
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Implementing relationships in Django and SQLAlchemy
- Database constraints and integrity
- Database indexing strategies
- Relationship optimization
- For JavaScript developers: Complex relationships in ORM tools
- Assignment: Implement a database with complex relationship structure
Tuesday: Database Migrations and Schema Evolution
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Database migration concepts
- Schema evolution strategies
- Migration tools in Django and SQLAlchemy
- Writing custom migrations
- Migration testing
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Handling data migrations
- Backward compatibility
- Zero-downtime migrations
- Deployment considerations for migrations
- For JavaScript developers: Migration tools in Node.js
- Assignment: Implement and test a complex migration scenario
Wednesday: Query Optimization
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Understanding database query execution
- Query analysis and EXPLAIN
- Common performance bottlenecks
- Index types and usage
- N+1 query problem and solutions
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Query optimization techniques
- Lazy loading vs. eager loading
- Caching strategies
- Connection pooling
- For JavaScript developers: ORM optimization patterns
- Assignment: Identify and fix performance issues in database queries
Thursday: NoSQL and MongoDB
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Introduction to NoSQL databases
- NoSQL database types
- MongoDB concepts and architecture
- Document model design
- CRUD operations in MongoDB
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- PyMongo and MongoDB with Python
- Integrating MongoDB with Flask/Django
- Schema design best practices
- When to use NoSQL vs. SQL
- For JavaScript developers: Comparing MongoDB usage in Node.js
- Assignment: Implement a feature using MongoDB
Friday: Multi-Database Applications and Polyglot Persistence
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Polyglot persistence concepts
- Using multiple database types in an application
- Data synchronization between databases
- Service-oriented database architecture
- Event-driven data updates
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Implementing a multi-database application
- Transaction management across databases
- Consistency considerations
- Week 11 review and Q&A
- Weekend Project: Optimize a database-intensive application with advanced concepts
Additional Resources:
- Database optimization guides
- MongoDB documentation
- Migration strategy papers
- Database design patterns
- Performance tuning resources
Week 12: Deployment & DevOps Basics
Monday: Production Environment Setup
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Development vs. staging vs. production environments
- Environment configuration management
- Secret management
- Production-ready application checklist
- Security considerations for production
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Setting up a production-like environment locally
- Environment variables and configuration
- Logging in production
- Monitoring basics
- For JavaScript developers: Node.js production considerations
- Assignment: Create a production-ready configuration for your application
Tuesday: Deployment Workflows
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Deployment strategies overview
- Blue-green deployments
- Canary deployments
- Rolling deployments
- Deployment automation principles
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Continuous Integration (CI) concepts
- GitHub Actions for CI
- Automated testing in CI pipelines
- Build artifacts and versioning
- For JavaScript developers: CI/CD comparison across ecosystems
- Assignment: Set up a CI pipeline for your application
Wednesday: Docker in Production
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Production Docker best practices
- Multi-stage Docker builds
- Docker image optimization
- Container security
- Docker networking in production
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Docker Compose for production
- Container orchestration concepts
- Introduction to Kubernetes
- Service discovery and load balancing
- For JavaScript developers: Containerization patterns
- Assignment: Create a production-ready Docker setup
Thursday: Cloud Deployment
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
- Cloud providers overview (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Deploying to Heroku
- AWS deployment options
- Infrastructure as Code concepts
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Database deployment in the cloud
- Static file serving (S3, CloudFront)
- Domain configuration and DNS
- SSL/TLS setup
- For JavaScript developers: Serverless deployment options
- Assignment: Deploy your application to a cloud provider
Friday: Monitoring, Logging, and Scaling
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Application monitoring tools
- Centralized logging
- Error tracking and reporting
- Performance monitoring
- Health checks and alerting
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Scaling strategies
- Load balancing
- Caching layers (Redis, Memcached)
- CDN integration
- Review of Week 12
- Final project introduction
- Weekend Preparation: Begin planning your final project
Additional Resources:
- Twelve-Factor App methodology
- Docker in production guides
- Cloud provider documentation
- DevOps best practices
- Site Reliability Engineering books
Week 13: Final Project Week 1
Monday: Project Planning and Architecture
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Final project introduction and requirements
- Project ideation and brainstorming
- Creating project proposals
- System architecture planning
- Technology stack selection
- Project management methodologies
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Breaking down projects into components
- Creating user stories and requirements
- Project timeline and milestones
- Setting up project repositories
- Configuring development environments
- Workshop: Architecture review and feedback
Tuesday: Database Design
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Database planning for the final project
- Schema design and modeling
- Relationship mapping
- Data validation strategies
- Database optimization considerations
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Implementing database models
- Creating migrations
- Seed data preparation
- Testing database functionality
- Workshop: Database design review and feedback
Wednesday: API Development
Morning 3 Hour Session
- API design for the final project
- Endpoint planning
- Authentication implementation
- Documentation strategy
- API security considerations
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Implementing core API functionality
- Testing API endpoints
- Error handling implementation
- API optimization
- Workshop: API implementation review and feedback
Thursday: Frontend Implementation
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Frontend architecture planning
- Component structure
- State management strategy
- User interface design
- Responsive design implementation
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Building core frontend components
- Implementing API integration
- User authentication flows
- Testing frontend functionality
- Workshop: Frontend implementation review and feedback
Friday: Container Orchestration
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Containerization strategy for final project
- Dockerfile optimization
- Multi-container setups with Docker Compose
- Environment configuration
- Development vs. production considerations
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Implementing container orchestration
- Service integration
- Testing containerized applications
- Troubleshooting container issues
- Week 13 progress review
- Weekend Guidance: Specific development goals for the weekend
Week 14: Final Project Week 2 & Course Conclusion
Monday: Project Integration
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Integration of project components
- End-to-end functionality testing
- Cross-component debugging
- Performance optimization
- User flow validation
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Continued integration work
- Feature completion
- Identifying and fixing integration issues
- Progressive enhancement implementation
- Workshop: Integration troubleshooting
Tuesday: Testing and Debugging
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Comprehensive testing strategies
- Unit testing implementation
- Integration testing
- End-to-end testing
- Test coverage analysis
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Bug identification and fixing
- Edge case handling
- Error handling improvements
- Performance profiling
- Workshop: Testing and debugging assistance
Wednesday: Deployment
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Production deployment preparation
- Deployment environment setup
- CI/CD pipeline configuration
- Database deployment
- Static asset optimization
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Deploying applications to production
- Configuring domains and SSL
- Setting up monitoring and logging
- Post-deployment testing
- Workshop: Deployment troubleshooting
Thursday: Project Finalization
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Final feature refinements
- Performance optimization
- Documentation completion
- User guide creation
- Code quality review
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Final testing and bug fixes
- Presentation preparation
- Demo environment setup
- Project portfolio preparation
- Workshop: Final project review and feedback
Friday: Project Presentations & Course Conclusion
Morning 3 Hour Session
- Final project presentations
- Peer review and feedback
- Industry expert evaluation
- Project showcase
Afternoon 3 Hour Session
- Course retrospective
- Key learning highlights
- Career path guidance
- Industry trends discussion
- Next steps in web development
- Course completion celebration
Additional Resources:
- Project portfolio development guides
- Technical interview preparation
- Continuing education resources
- Developer community engagement
- Web development career roadmaps
Final Project Requirements
The final project should demonstrate competency in the following areas:
Backend Development
- RESTful API implementation
- Database design and integration
- Authentication and authorization
- Background processing (where applicable)
Frontend Development
- Responsive user interface
- State management
- API integration
- User authentication flows
DevOps and Deployment
- Containerization with Docker
- CI/CD implementation
- Production deployment
- Environment configuration
Documentation
- API documentation
- Setup and installation instructions
- User guide
- Technical architecture overview
Testing
- Unit tests
- Integration tests
- Frontend testing
- Performance testing