In this guide I’m going to show you how to deploy a Django application to Google App Engine (GAE) using Docker. Specifically, we’ll be doing this: Creating a new Django project with Docker and Docker Compose Creating a placeholder app with an image and CSS to demonstrate handling static files Setting up a project on […]
If you already have Docker on your machine, you can create a new Django project (using any version) using a single command. Create in an app/ directory: Create in the current working directory: This is useful if you need to create a project quickly, but don’t want to install a specific version of Django globally. […]
I am a huge advocate for integrating Docker into your development process. There are many benefits to this, such as: Consistent developer environments Parity of development and production environments Dependency isolation from your laptop and development environment However, all these benefits don’t come without a downside… When you isolate your development server into a Docker […]
In our advanced course on building REST APIs, we teach how to use Travis-CI to run unit tests and linting for your project. Since launching the course, GitHub has launched their own CI/CD workflow tool called GitHub Actions and many students have asked how to use that instead. In this post I’m going to show […]
This topic is covered in-depth in our 14 hour DevOps course. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how professional developers should use Terraform on a project. If you prefer to watch this tutorial in video format, find the video below: If you just want to see the finished sample code, you can find that here: […]
In this post I’ll explain how to install Python using PyEnv on a macOS machine. This tutorial is also available in video form here: What is PyEnv and why use it? macOS comes with Python pre-installed. However, the version installed is usually 2.7, which was deprecated on January 1st 2020. So you might be thinking: […]
When writing applications for relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL, there are two things to keep in mine: The first is the structure of the database itself. This includes things such as the tables, fields and relationships between tables. The second is how the objects in yout application map to data in your database. This […]
Students of our advanced course on building REST API’s often ask: How can I use my editors integrated debugging tools when running Django in Docker? It may surprise you, however personally I avoid using any integrating debugging tools where possible. The reason for this is because I use Docker to isolate the dependencies of my […]
What is the difference between JSON web wokens (JWT) and token authentication? We get this question a lot in our Build a REST API Beginner and Advanced courses. JSON web tokens (JWT) and token auth are two different types of authentication. Token Authentication Token authentication, or sometimes referred to as token auth, works by generating a random […]
This post is an answer I gave to a student on my Udemy course: Build your own Backend using Django REST Framework. A summary of the question was: What is the difference between single page and traditional websites, and which language should I learn for each one. Here is my answer below: