Django DRF Project: eCommerce RESTful API

Towards building and testing an eCommerce restful API with the Django Rest Framework

4.61 (135 reviews)

Udemy

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English

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Web Development

What you will learn

@ Phase 1 - Setup and initiate new Django and Django DRF application

Phase 1 - Design, Implement and iterate over a complex database schema

@ Phase 1 - Implement Routers Viewsets and Serializers to create API endpoints for client interactions

@ Phase 1 - Implement serializer customizations to customize data output

@ Phase 1 - Build unit and end-to-end tests to ensure the application works as intended

@ Phase 1 - Document the API endpoints to support frontend interactions

Description

Developing applications can be a fun and effective way of learning a language and framework. In this course, at phase 1, we start building and testing an eCommerce inventory RESTful API with DRF (Django Rest Framework).

This course is primarily designed for anyone looking for a learning journey building applications with the Django Rest Framework, developing, testing and documenting a RESTful API.

Currently, this course presents our first iteration of this course and phase 1 of the development process. This course will evolve and extend over time as we iterate on the content to maximise learning opportunities.

As presented in phase 1 of the course, we initiate the project and start building and testing the core functionality of the RESTful API application. In Phase 1, we learn the fundamentals of the Python Django Rest Framework, design a database, implement testing throughout the application and work towards building our first endpoints while also automatically documenting our efforts. By the end of phase 1, you will have learnt how to start a new Django DRF project and create routers, serializers and viewsets to enable clients to interact with your API. Throughout the development process, we learn how to test our application using Pytest and document our endpoints in preparation for front-end development using SwaggerUI.

We intend to extend the content of the course to eventually include deeper relevant content to aid further your understanding of the development process and techniques, deployment, and other associated technologies. Due to the scale of our courses we hope to bring to you our approach to building courses is a phased, iterative approach. Having time to reflect, analyse and seek feedback is essential to ensure that we develop courses that will ultimately meet the highest expectations.

I hope you enjoy the course.

Content

Introduction

Course Introduction

Course Resources (Code/Documentation)

Quick-Start Windows 10/11 Installation & Setup Guide

Installing Python 3.9.5

Installation and User Guide for Visual Studio Code

Creating Virtual Environments

Quick-Start MacOS Installation & Setup Guide

Installing Python 3.9.5

Installation and User Guide for Visual Studio Code

Creating Virtual Environments

[Optional Warm-up Orientation Exercise] - New Django Developers

Preparing a new Virtual Environment

Introducing the Python Package Index

Installing the Django Framework

Creating a new Django project

Creating a new Django application

Registering a new Django application

Starting the Django Development Server

Understanding the Django Request-Response Cycle

Creating a unique URL pattern

Writing our first Django view

Creating a new HTML template

Relating an HTML template to a view

Installing a Django application from a requirements.txt file

Ecommerce Inventory Database Design

Preliminary Table List

Multivalued Fields

Table and Field Naming Conventions

Keys

Field Specifications

Table Relationships

Project Initiation

Build: Starting a New Django Project

Build: Configuring Multiple Settings Files

Build: Generating a Secret Key

Build: PIP Freeze recording installed packages

Build: Configuring Environment Variables

Build: DRF First Steps

Testing: Pytest First Steps

Source Control: Creating a new GitHub Repository

VSCode: Python VSCode Extensions

Formatting: Black Configuration

Linting: Flake8 Configuration

Dev-v1.0.1: Product App – Product, Category and Brand

Source Control: Creating a New GitHub Branch

Build: Create and Register the Product App

Build: Building the Category Product and Brand Table

Build: Creating the Category Serializer

Build: Define a Category Viewset

Build: Implementing Django DRF Router

Build: API Documentation with drf-spectacular Schema Generation and Swagger

Build: Implementing Brand

Build: Implementing Product

Testing: Coverage HTML Reporting

Introducing Unit and End-to-End Testing

Introducing What to Test in Django

Testing: Model Factories

Testing: APIClient End-to-End Testing

Source Control: Create a New Commit

Dev-v1.0.2: Product App – Sub-Product Inventory

Source Control: Merging a GitHub Branch

Source Control: Creating a New GitHub Branch

Build: Implementing the Product-Line Model

Build: Product-Line Serializer

9.6. Analysis: User Stories

Build: Category Filter with Extra Actions

Build: Filter Return Single Product

Build: Editing Multiple Models in the Django Admin Site

Build: Handling Reverse Relationships in Serializers

Build: Serializer Field Name Mapping and Flattening

Performance: Multiple Queries, Towards Eliminating the N+1 Query Problem

Build: Creating Custom Managers and QuerySet Methods

Build: Custom Field Ordered List

Testing: Pytest Adopts and Common Commands

Testing: Model Clean Method

Testing: APIClient End-to-End Testing

Dev-v1.0.3: Product App – Sub-Product Media

Source Control: Merging a GitHub Branch

Source Control: Creating a New GitHub Branch

Build: Implementing the Product Image Model

Build: Admin Site Reverse Link Inline URLs

Build: Product Image Serializer

Performance: Multiple Queries, Towards Eliminating the N+1 Query Problem

Testing: Product Image Factory

Testing: Product Image Models

Dev-v1.0.4: Product App – Product Attributes

Source Control: Merging a GitHub Branch

Source Control: Creating a New GitHub Branch

Build: Implementing the Attribute Models

Build: Admin Site Attribute Inline Reverse ManytoMany

Build: Product Attribute Serializer

Design: Product Types and Type Attributes

Build: Implementing the Product Type Tables

Build: Admin Site Product Type Inline

Build: Customizing the Serialization Output

Build: Product Attribute Validation

Performance: Product Attribute Query

Build: Custom Field with SerializerMethodField

Testing: Handling Test Failures

Testing: Factory Boy Many-to-Many Relationships

Dev-v1.0.5: Product App – Model and Model Testing Iteration

Source Control: Merging a GitHub Branch

Source Control: Creating a New GitHub Branch

Design: Implementing Database Structure Changes

Design: Category Table Specification

Build: Category Table Iteration

Testing: Category Testing Iteration

Build: Brand Table Removal

Design: Product Table Specification

Build: Product Table Iteration

Testing: Product Table Iteration

Design: Product Line Table Specification

Build: Product Line Table Iteration

Testing: Product Line Testing Iteration

Build: Product Image Iteration

Testing: Product Image Testing Iteration

Design: Product Type Table Specification

Build: Product Type Table Iteration

Testing: Product Type Testing Iteration

Design: Attribute Table Specification

Build: Attribute Table Iteration

Testing: Attribute Testing Iteration

Design: Attribute Value Table Specification

Build: Attribute Value Table Iteration

Testing: Attribute Value Testing Iteration

Dev-v1.0.6: Product App – Admin Iteration

Source Control: Merging a GitHub Branch

Source Control: Creating a New GitHub Branch

Build: Reactivate Admin Interface

Build: Product Attributes Inline

Dev-v1.0.7: Product App – Endpoints Iteration

Source Control: Merging a GitHub Branch

Source Control: Creating a New GitHub Branch

Design: Reviewing API Endpoints

Build: Endpoint – All Categories

Build: Endpoint – All Products by Category

Test: Endpoint – All Products by Category

Performance: Product by Category

Test Your Knowledge

Build: Endpoint – Single Product

Exercise Introduction

Test: Endpoint – Single Product

Test Your Knowledge

Test: Endpoint – Single Product

Test Your Knowledge

Build: Code Refactoring

Reviews

Jingyu

October 16, 2023

the knowledge that the lecturer tries to convey is very useful. However, the lecturer must do a serious refactoring on the contents. Too many meaningless change back and forth which makes everything so confused!!!!, overlapping the video clips and even swearing in the middle of the lecture.

Osahon

October 13, 2023

Most comprehensive and informative Django content on the web! I'd say this content is best for learners/developers who want to take these lessons and implement them into paid work. This will help you understand how to use the tools (Django) to build apps that users/people actually use.

Vanj

July 2, 2023

-making unecessary deletion of migration files and sqlite database which is not advisable when working your project. - making unecessary changes in code in mid-coding, adding new function then he don't know why did he create a function then leave it for a while then it will tell you he change the code or remove the code while on not recording - cannot decide what kind of classes or syntax to be used, sometimes self muttering what or should be use for the function in mid coding -not using urls.py, why not use API class based view -changing code off-screen because "with some particular reason" -this tutorial video is mostly like to understand who has a deep background in DRF but if you are new to DRF never bought and watch this - adding new column in models while in the middle of the test and then delete again the migration file and db -chose the slug field instead of unique ID which is very unecessary and not usable in real world development -in product image test mode, he rename all the product line from 'productline' to 'product_line', delete migration file, debug from models, factories. instead why not stick to the 'productline' in the test, you waste the 5mins time just to stick to your 'consistency' naming

Hafid

May 29, 2023

As always Zander, go so deep in the explanations that makes you understand. this course and by far is the best Udemy course Django DRF not only that, it include TestUnit & PyTest. I definitely recommend Zander courses 100%. Thanks Zander.

Shashi

May 7, 2023

Zander's teching is awesome, I have loved this particular course so much, this has taught me most of the core concepts involving django and drf in a very simple and interactive manner. I appreciate this so much and would recommend this 10/10.

Chitransh

May 3, 2023

Overall the course was good. Would be better if you could explain new concepts in a more detailed manner for someone who is completely new to it

Ivan

April 18, 2023

when I run pytest it is not working properly, It seems a small thing,but I am very dissapointed and frustrated about this.

Adi

January 17, 2023

Zander (from Very Academy) is the best teacher. I do really enjoy the way he teaches the basics of development and especially python and django. I was always struggling with backend until I found his tutorials. You are amazing and I reaaly understand the hard topics very well with your explanation. Thank you for this solid/complete course

Peter

January 13, 2023

You know I have been working on django for at least for five years, and I always had problems with deploying I ran into all sorts of issues and could not solve them, and I was delighted to see that you were setting up The deployment in the settings app, you have also covered getting the requirements to work when I am Downloading in the code. I am only halfway through the course and I haven't finished it, The way you are instructed us on how to use django is excellent, thank you very much. So just one more thing, I don't know if you've done this deliberately, you go Straight in to the admin and you haven't made migration, students would get confused if the did not know django If they did not understand django.

Paul

January 6, 2023

Zander from Very Academy always provides a thorough explanation with details to understand the topics and technologies he teaches. I will always take the courses produced by Very Academy based on my experience with them.

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What you will learn

@ Phase 1 - Setup and initiate new Django and Django DRF application

Phase 1 - Design, Implement and iterate over a complex database schema

@ Phase 1 - Implement Routers Viewsets and Serializers to create API endpoints for client interactions

@ Phase 1 - Implement serializer customizations to customize data output

@ Phase 1 - Build unit and end-to-end tests to ensure the application works as intended

@ Phase 1 - Document the API endpoints to support frontend interactions

Description

Content

Introduction

Quick-Start Windows 10/11 Installation & Setup Guide

Quick-Start MacOS Installation & Setup Guide

[Optional Warm-up Orientation Exercise] - New Django Developers

Ecommerce Inventory Database Design

Project Initiation

Dev-v1.0.1: Product App – Product, Category and Brand

Dev-v1.0.2: Product App – Sub-Product Inventory

Dev-v1.0.3: Product App – Sub-Product Media

Dev-v1.0.4: Product App – Product Attributes

Dev-v1.0.5: Product App – Model and Model Testing Iteration

Dev-v1.0.6: Product App – Admin Iteration

Dev-v1.0.7: Product App – Endpoints Iteration

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