Django for beginners with Htmx, Pandas, and Plotly

The idea of learning is to be able to apply the knowledge gained. Therefore, in this course, a mini web application that a user can use to upload data and create charts and pivot tables is built. The framework used in building this app is Django. However, some other functionalities like htmx, plotly, and pandas were used alongside Django. Django, pandas, and plotly are Python-based frameworks or libraries as the case may be and Htmx is a tool written in JavaScript that enables us to carry out AJAX operations, CSS transitions, etc. directly from HTML using html attributes. With Htmx, one can have some JavaScript effect on the web application without writing JavaScript code and by just using HTML attributes that allow for sending HTTP requests, determining the trigger events that send the request, and creating a way in which the entire screen is not replaced by the HTTP response that is sent back as a result of the HTTP request.

The project gives hands-on experience with the many concepts that are peculiar to these frameworks and libraries. Concepts like MVT (Model View Template), URL routing, making Django model queries, authentication in Django, CRUD operations, forms, form styling, static files, and HTMX for a level of asynchronous programming on the app will be discussed. After taking this course, your knowledge of Django would have strengthened because of the practical approach the course took.