I've been thinking about this for a long time, but I'm wondering how others think.
The main problem I see is that it takes a long time before you get something visible. I'd suggest to restructure it a bit so there are more intermediate results. I'd propose the following (keeping the start the same):
- Your first Django project!
- Django URLs
- Django views – time to create!
- Introduction to HTML
- Deploy!
Now the reader has a basic static blog. One option is to add CSS. I've noticed that most of my mentees like that, but I'm a bit worried that then the reader won't even get to the Django parts. So I'd suggest to then make it dynamic.
- Django models
- Django admin
- Django ORM (Querysets)
- Dynamic data in templates
- Django templates
Now there is a working blog, but it's not very nice. So we're going to fix that.
- CSS – make it pretty
- Template extending
Now there's a solid base. Here it turns into adding additional functionality.
- Extend your application
- Django Forms
- What's next?
Any thoughts on this?
I've been thinking about this for a long time, but I'm wondering how others think.
The main problem I see is that it takes a long time before you get something visible. I'd suggest to restructure it a bit so there are more intermediate results. I'd propose the following (keeping the start the same):
Now the reader has a basic static blog. One option is to add CSS. I've noticed that most of my mentees like that, but I'm a bit worried that then the reader won't even get to the Django parts. So I'd suggest to then make it dynamic.
Now there is a working blog, but it's not very nice. So we're going to fix that.
Now there's a solid base. Here it turns into adding additional functionality.
Any thoughts on this?