Superhero News Requirements

Superhero News

This application is used to teach how to build a web application. There are around 50 specific skills that are required to build a typical app. This document lists the requirements that demonstrate the skills. By meeting the requirements you are showing that you have mastered the required skills.

Skills By Level

Level 1 - Setup development tools

• Python and Django are installed on a computer
• Github repo hold all project code

Level 2 - Build a simple app

• Use startproject, and startapp
• Create settings.py file
• Define a simple page view

Level 3 - Application Hosting

• Register for account at Python Anywhere
• Setup application server at Python Anywhere
• Deploy code using "git pull"

Level 4 - TemplateView

• Define custom URLs, Views, and Templates
• Show multiple superheroes
• Include an image from "static" directory

Level 5 - Data Models

• Create a database to store "hero" records
• Use Admin views to create records
• Deploy the admin static media on Python Anywhere

Level 6 - Data Model Views

• Create views that inherit from ListView, DetailView, CreateView, UpdateView, DeleteView
• Custom views for List, Detail, Add, Edit, Delete
• Simple view inheritance using "theme.html"

Level 7 - User Authentication

• Create stand-alone User Accounts code
• Integrate User Accounts in Superhero App
• Require login to modify data

Level 8 - Bootstrap Styling

• Implement a single style using bootstrap

Level 9 - Custom Views

• Integrate views for user flow

Level 10 - Relational Data

• Add Investigator objects with link to User Auth
• Add Article data type with link to Investigator and Hero
• Format articles as markdown

Level 11 - Social Network

• Link Articles with Investigator objects
• Add Notes to Articles
• Display the Notes to the Investigator who authored the Articles

Level 12 - Social Network

Level 13 - Social Network

Level 14 - Social Network

Technical Requirements

Development Tools

• Setup Development Tools
• startproject script

Github

• Register a Github account
• Create a Github repository
• Publish Github Pages
• Command Line

Workflow

• Install Brackets software
• Git plugin for Brackets
• Emmet plugin for Brackets
• Beautify plugin for Brackets
• Edit, Browse, Deploy

Web Hosting

• Register an account at Python Anywhere
• Setup a Web App at Python Anywhere
• Git clone at Python Anywhere
• Deploy using git pull

Django Apps

• Django App Structure
• startapp script
• Defining URL routes

Django Views

• TemplateView
• RedirectView
• FormView
• Django Admin Views

Templates

• Variable
• If and For
• View Inheritance
• Blocks

CRUD Views

• ListView
• DetailView
• CreateView
• UpdateView

Django Data

• CRUD with ORM
• Listing object (get, filter)
• Modifying objects(save, create, delete)
• Data migrations
• Import/Export

User Auth

• Register
• Login
• Logout

Page Structure

• Menus
• View Component Templates
  • Document View
  • Table
  • Cards
  • Tabs
  • Accordion
  • Markdown
  • DocFileIndex
  • DocList
  • Composite Views
  • Markdown

Bootstrap

• Menus
• Grid layout
• Widgets