Django Bootcamp – Development to Deployment Day 01

🚀 Django Bootcamp: From Development to Deployment — Day 01

Organized by: CIMAGE Group of Colleges
Supervised by: Prof. (Dr.) Neeraj Agrawal (Head of Institution)
Principal: Dr. Megha Agarwal
IQAC Coordinator: Prof. Priyadarshni
Trainer : Mr Praveen

🌟 Introduction

The Django Bootcamp, titled “Development to Deployment”, kickstarted with high energy and immense enthusiasm at CIMAGE Group of Colleges. Designed for aspiring developers, this hands-on workshop aims to empower students with practical skills in Django REST API development, database integration using MySQL and MongoDB, Git-based version control, Docker containerization, and deployment on AWS cloud.

🧠 Day 01 Highlights

The first day of the workshop laid a strong foundation, covering both theoretical insights and real-time coding practices.

🔧 Prerequisites & Environment Setup

Introduction to Python and Django
Installation of essential Python packages
Setting up virtual environments and dependencies for Django projects

📁 Django Project Structure

Participants got a detailed walkthrough of:

How to create a new Django project and app
Understanding the folder structure and the purpose of key files like settings.py, urls.py, and views.py

🔌 Application Configuration

Configuration of apps in INSTALLED_APPS within settings.py
Understanding and setting up Django routers using rest_framework.routers
Exploring the usage of include() in urls.py for clean and modular URL mapping

🧱 Django Models & Database Schema

Introduction to Django’s powerful ORM (Object Relational Mapping)
Discussed how to create models, define fields, and apply migrations
Designed an ER Diagram for a real-world use case — DLF Mall Management System

🔍 What’s Next?

On the upcoming days, participants will:

Create REST APIs using Django REST Framework (DRF)
Integrate MySQL and MongoDB as backend databases
Version control the project using Git
Build a Docker image of the Django application
Deploy the project on AWS Cloud Infrastructure