Model Associations and the Django Server

What are we trying to accomplish?

By mastering Django model associations, understanding how to manage these relationships using Django Rest Framework's ModelSerializers, gaining insight into the functioning of the Django server including request handling and response generation, and learning to efficiently pass parameters through Django URL patterns, you aim to proficiently construct a robust Django-based API. This encompasses creating and manipulating various data models with interconnected relationships, employing a structured serialization approach for data presentation, harnessing the Django server's capabilities to handle incoming requests and formulate suitable responses, and establishing a systematic URL pattern system for parameter passing. This comprehensive knowledge empowers you to design and implement a versatile and performant API that facilitates seamless interaction with frontend applications or client systems, thereby delivering effective and dynamic web services.

Lectures & Assignments

Lectures

Assignments

TLO's (Testable Learning Objectives)

Create Associations between models
Build urlpatterns and path's
Pass parameters through url path's

ELO's (Enabling Learning Objectives)

Create separate Apps
Import Models and Serializers from other Apps
Understand Model Associations
Understand the Django Server
Understand Requests and Responses