Python/Django Portfolio Tutorial

Joe O'Regan

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Tutorial from LinkedIn Learning here

• Django
• PostgreSQL
• Bootstrap (jQuery, Popper)

Added extra fields to database for project name and GitHub repo link

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YouTube Links

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Screenshots

Django Portfolio Site

Django Portfolio Admin Page

Django Portfolio Updated Details Page. Added embedded YouTube video, and GitHub repo link.

References

Building a Personal Portfolio with Django

Downloads

python 3
django
postgresql
pgAdmin 4 Bootstrap 4.1 Album example Bootstrap 4.1 Compiled CSS and JS jQuery Popper

Create Project:

django-admin startproject <project_name>

django-admin startapp jobs

Start App:

python3 manage.py runserver

Dependencies:

pip3 install pillow

Communicate with PostgreSQL database:

pip3 install psycopg2

pip3 install psycopg2-binary

Note to Self: Run the next 2 commands after updating database fields

python3 manage.py makemigrations

python3 manage.py migrate

python3 manage.py createsuperuser

PostgreSQL

Using pgAdmin 4

\password <username>

Render

pip install python-dotenv
pip install gunicorn

Boostrap

Album Example

Bootstrap 4.1 Album Example

Bootstrap 4.1 Quickstart

Static files

python3 manage.py collectstatic