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Hello Web App: Intro to Web App Development Using Python and Django

This is the GitHub repository for Hello Web App's files.

Hello Web App is a book series dedicated to teaching beginner web app development. Written by a designer, it focuses on teaching the websites and templates first, slowly adding programming concepts over time -- perfect for anyone who is new to programming or has a background in web design.

See HelloWebBooks.com for how to order (starts at $14.95 for eBook files), a blog with additional tutorials, and more information.

Contents

Starting your project:

• How to install Python
• Installing Virtualenv
• Starting your Django project

Learning Python (You should have very basic Python and logic knowledge before jumping into Hello Web App):

• Python tips and resources

Walk through the code in Hello Web App's chapters here (Intermediate Concepts coming soon):

• Hello Web App Code

Miscellaneous help:

• Discussion forum
• Command line tips
• Using Git
• IRC tips
• Windows help

After the book:

• Additional resources

Background on Hello Web App

In January 2011, I taught myself Python and Django and launched my first web app in six weeks.

Three years later, this web app has evolved into my startup, WeddingLovely (a part of 500 Startups and the Designer Fund) - I've designed and built the entire company and LOVE web app development!

Learning to code was so frustrating, especially as a right-brained designer with no back-end programming experience. Tutorials assumed I was comfortable with the command line, knew what a model-view-template architecture was, and already had a grasp on programming tools and resources.

I want to build a introduction to web app programming using Django and Python which assumes absolutely no programming knowledge - down-to-earth explanations of programming terms and basic walkthroughs of using important programming utilities like git (for version control), GitHub (for backups), virtualenv (for virtual environments), and others. I also wanted to emphasize templates first - getting to the visual, web-app view first to see results rather than using the command line.

Hello Web App launched in May 2015 after a successful Kickstarter campaign. The book walks readers through creating a basic web app, from ideation to deployment.

Hello Web App: Intermediate Concepts launched December 2015 after another successful Kickstarter campaign (thanks again!) HWA:IC is for anyone who has a basic web app and would like to build more advanced features like adding payments with Stripe, user-uploaded images, an API, and more.

Follow and ask me questions on Twitter (@limedaring) or on the Hello Web App discussion forums, or follow the project directly at HelloWebApp.com.

License

The information in this repository is licensed under the terms of the MIT license. This does not apply to the information in the Hello Web App books, which are copyrighted. :)