Django Reactjs masterclass

Below is a complete, industry-aligned Full-Stack Web Development course curriculum using Django (Backend) + React (Frontend). This curriculum is designed for job readiness, real-world product building, and scalable systems, not just demos.

Full-Stack Web Development Masterclass

Python · Django · Django REST Framework · React.js

Target Outcome: Become a production-ready Full-Stack Developer capable of building, integrating, and deploying modern web applications.

Duration: 24–28 weeks Effort: 2–3 hours/day Level: Beginner → Advanced (Career-ready)

High-Level Architecture You Will Build

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PHASE 1 — Programming & Web Foundations (Weeks 1–4)

Module 1: Python Programming Fundamentals

  • Variables, data types
  • Control flow
  • Functions & arguments
  • Error handling
  • Modules & packages
  • Virtual environments
  • Python standard library essentials

Module 2: OOP & Python for Backend

  • Classes & objects
  • Inheritance vs composition
  • Encapsulation & abstraction
  • Functional programming basics
  • Memory management concepts
  • Writing clean, maintainable code

Module 3: Web Fundamentals

  • How the web works
  • DNS
  • HTTP / HTTPS
  • HTTP methods & status codes
  • Headers, cookies, sessions
  • REST principles
  • CORS basics

Mini Project

  • Python-based utility app (CLI or file-based)

PHASE 2 — Frontend Foundations (Weeks 5–7)

Module 4: HTML & Accessibility

  • Semantic HTML
  • Forms & validation
  • SEO-friendly markup
  • Accessibility (ARIA basics)
  • HTML5 APIs (audio, video)

Module 5: CSS & Responsive Design

  • Box model
  • Flexbox
  • CSS Grid
  • Responsive layouts
  • Typography & color systems
  • Animations & transitions
  • CSS variables

Module 6: JavaScript Core

  • Variables (var, let, const)
  • Functions & scope
  • Closures & hoisting
  • this keyword
  • DOM manipulation
  • Event handling
  • ES6+ features
  • Modules (import/export)

Project

  • Responsive multi-page website with JS interactivity

PHASE 3 — React Frontend Development (Weeks 8–12)

Module 7: Modern JavaScript for React

  • Async JavaScript
  • Promises
  • async / await
  • Fetch API / Axios
  • Immutability
  • Deep vs shallow copy

Module 8: React Fundamentals

  • JSX
  • Functional components
  • Props & state
  • Event handling
  • Conditional rendering
  • Lists & keys
  • Controlled vs uncontrolled components

Module 9: React Hooks & Routing

  • useState, useEffect
  • useContext, useRef
  • useMemo, useCallback
  • Custom hooks
  • React Router
  • Protected routes

Module 10: State Management & Forms

  • Component-level state
  • Context API
  • Redux Toolkit
  • Async state handling
  • Forms & validation
  • Error handling UX

Project

  • React dashboard with mock APIs

PHASE 4 — Django Backend Development (Weeks 13–16)

Module 11: Django Core

  • Django project & app structure
  • Settings & configuration
  • URL routing
  • Views
  • Templates (conceptual)
  • Static & media files
  • Django admin

Module 12: Django ORM (Deep Dive)

  • Models & fields
  • Relationships (FK, M2M, O2O)
  • QuerySets
  • Filtering, aggregation
  • Indexing
  • Migrations
  • Avoiding N+1 queries

Module 13: Backend Architecture

  • Client–server model
  • Monolith vs modular monolith
  • Microservices (conceptual)
  • Stateless vs stateful services
  • Request–response lifecycle

Project

  • Backend system (Blog / Inventory / User management)

PHASE 5 — Django REST Framework (Weeks 17–19)

Module 14: DRF Fundamentals

  • Serializers & ModelSerializers
  • APIViews vs ViewSets
  • Routers
  • Status codes & responses
  • Error handling

Module 15: Advanced DRF

  • Authentication & permissions
  • JWT authentication (access & refresh)
  • Role-based access control
  • Pagination
  • Filtering & searching
  • Throttling & rate limiting
  • File uploads
  • API versioning

Module 16: Security & Testing

  • CSRF vs CORS
  • Password hashing
  • Input validation
  • OWASP Top 10 (backend focus)
  • API testing with pytest

Project

  • REST API for E-commerce / SaaS backend

PHASE 6 — Full-Stack Integration (Weeks 20–22)

Module 17: React + Django Integration

  • JWT auth flow
  • Token storage & refresh
  • Protected frontend routes
  • Role-based UI rendering
  • Error & loading states
  • Pagination & filtering
  • File uploads

Module 18: Performance & UX

  • API optimization
  • Avoiding over-fetching
  • Frontend caching
  • Lazy loading
  • Debouncing & throttling
  • Error boundaries

Major Project

  • Fully integrated Full-Stack Application

PHASE 7 — Background Jobs, Caching & DevOps (Weeks 23–25)

Module 19: Caching & Background Tasks

  • Redis fundamentals
  • Django caching
  • Cache invalidation strategies
  • Celery fundamentals
  • Task retries & idempotency
  • Scheduled jobs (Celery Beat)

Module 20: Deployment & DevOps Basics

  • Linux basics
  • Environment variables
  • Gunicorn & WSGI
  • Nginx reverse proxy
  • Static & media handling
  • HTTPS
  • CI/CD overview
  • Docker fundamentals

PHASE 8 — Scalability, System Design & Capstone (Weeks 26–28)

Module 21: Scalability & System Design

  • Horizontal vs vertical scaling
  • Stateless services
  • Database optimization
  • Rate limiting
  • Fault tolerance
  • High availability concepts

Module 22: Capstone Project

Build a production-ready Full-Stack system with:

  • React frontend
  • Django + DRF backend
  • JWT authentication
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis caching
  • Celery background jobs
  • Secure file uploads
  • Production deployment

Skill Outcomes by Completion

You Will Be Able To:

✔ Build modern React frontends ✔ Design secure REST APIs ✔ Implement authentication & permissions ✔ Integrate frontend & backend cleanly ✔ Optimize performance ✔ Deploy full-stack applications ✔ Understand system design fundamentals

Career Roles This Course Prepares You For

  • Full-Stack Developer (Django + React)
  • Backend Developer (Python / Django)
  • Frontend Developer (React)
  • Web Application Developer
  • SaaS Product Engineer

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