At the center of any great web application is a strong data model. Django Models and the framework’s built in ORM is a key tool in the Django developer’s tool belt that makes it easy to build and maintain complex data structures to support your website. In this course, Django ORM Framework, you’ll learn about the features of the Django ORM and how to use it effectively. First, you’ll explore ORMs in general, how they work, and how we use them to abstract complex database queries from the rest of the website’s development. Next, you’ll discover how to write queries, build abstract models, easily encapsulate common data operations, and adapt to changes in your data structure using migrations. Finally, you’ll learn how to optimize, troubleshoot, and maintain your data model. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the knowledge of the Django ORM Framework and skills needed to build and maintain a powerful relational foundation for your next web application.
Author Name: Reindert-Jan Ekker
Author Description:
After years of working in software development, Reindert-Jan Ekker switched to teaching programmers in 2010 and never looked back. He authors Pluralsight courses and teaches classes about Python, data science, devops (among others). Even though he squeezes some development jobs in here and there, teaching is his real passion and he is looking forward to share this passion with you.

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Introduction: ORM and Django Models
  7mins
• Django Model Classes and Instances
  23mins
• Django Model Fields
  28mins
• Managers and QuerySets
  36mins
• Customizing Model Behaviour
  20mins
• Migrations
  21mins
• Optimizing the ORM
  13mins