Python Tutorial: Build a Course Platform with Django, HTMX, TailwindCSS and Cloudinary.

🚀 Sign up for Cloudinary for free right now: https://cld.media/cfe 🚀 Learn how to build a Course Platform from scratch. Host video-based courses, manage thumbnails, restrict access to confirmed emails only, optimize thumbnails, customize the Django admin and much more. Topics: ✅ Use Python 3.12 and Django 5 ✅ Learn image upload basics with Django (plus the challenges with hosting images) ✅ Integrate Cloudinary Image & Hosting ✅ Optimize images sizes with a simple argument with thumbnails and large format ✅ Build an Email-first opt-in workflow ✅ Automatically resize videos to fit playback ✅ Custom email verification process from scratch ✅ Integrate TailwindCSS with django-tailwind ✅ Use HTMX to render and handle Forms ✅ Send Emails from Django with Gmail ✅ Customize the Django Admin to fully manage and view videos and courses ✅ Implement custom helper functions that can be re-used across Python projects ✅ Stylize the frontend using Flowbite ✅ Use the CloudinaryField on Django models to automatically handle images and videos ✅ and much more ⦿ Blog post - Send Email with Gmail & Django: https://www.codingforentrepreneurs.com/blog/sending-email-in-django-from-gmail ⦿ Code: https://github.com/codingforentrepreneurs/course-platform ⦿ Subscribe: https://cfe.sh/youtube ⦿ Setup Video for Python 3 & Django 3: https://youtu.be/e5o1miB0nyk Thanks to Cloudinary or partnering with us on this video. Sign up for free this one: https://cld.media/cfe Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome 00:00:51 Demo 00:06:39 Python Virtual Environment 00:10:24 Create the Django Project 00:15:53 Course Roadmap 00:21:05 Baseline Django Course Model 00:34:31 Django ImageField and Pillow 00:37:21 Syncing Code with Migrations 00:48:03 Django Admin to Manage Course Model 00:52:31 Handling Image Uploads in Development 01:01:12 How Django Manages Image Uploads 01:06:03 Configure Cloudinary for Django 01:13:48 Using the CloudinaryField for Django Image Hosting 01:17:22 Customize the Django Admin to Render HTML Images 01:22:56 On Demand Image Adjustments with Cloudinary Images 01:27:29 Model Methods for Image Sizes 01:33:18 Understanding Foreign Keys with the Lesson Model 01:42:18 Lesson Publish Status and Preview 01:45:03 Cloudinary Video + Thumbnail Fields for Lessons 01:48:26 Foreign Key Stacked Model Admin 01:50:23 Ordering with a Model Field 01:56:57 CloudinaryField Upload Options 02:06:09 Generate a Public ID Field 02:17:23 Reusable CloudinaryField Functions 02:28:25 Decoupling Cloudinary Helper Services from Models 02:42:07 Get Cloudinary Video Object Service 02:46:33 Signed Private Video URL in Admin 02:49:01 Embed Cloudinary Video with Pure HTML 02:54:10 Using Django Templates to Render Video 03:02:28 Using JavaScript for Video Embed Basics 03:09:30 Django & the Cloudinary Video Player 03:15:51 Override Django Admin Templates 03:23:53 Render Multiple Videos in One Page 03:29:02 View Logic and Database Lookup Services 03:37:50 URL View Routing for Database Lookups 03:48:04 Public ID As URL Path Lookups 03:53:25 Rendering Templates from Views 04:03:43 Render the Course List View 04:13:11 Course Detail View and Template Snippets 04:19:40 Lesson QuerySet for Different Status Values 04:29:57 Lesson Detail View 04:35:29 Render the Video Player for Users 04:43:56 Configure Django to Send Email with Gmail 04:52:19 Email Verification Models 04:58:32 Create the Email Model Form 05:02:43 Handing HTML Forms with Django 05:08:35 Rendering a Django Model Form 05:14:35 Email Validation & Verification Event 05:21:02 Email Verification Event Service 05:26:02 Send Email from Verification Event 05:34:37 Unique Verify Link with UUID 05:39:18 Verify Confirmation Token Service 05:50:58 Enrich the Session With Verified Email ID 05:57:28 Email Required on Lesson Detail View 06:04:27 Using HTMX To Dynamically Load Forms 06:13:02 HTMX with POST Data 06:19:34 Using HTMX to Handle Logout 06:24:35 But Why Tailwind with Django 06:28:51 Install django-tailwind 06:43:34 Setup Flowbite with django-tailwind 06:51:02 Login & Logout Views 06:56:13 Tailwind and the HTMX-Driven Login Form 07:01:16 Improved Course List View 07:07:13 List View with Thumbnail Images 07:17:06 Video Frame as Lesson Thumbnail 07:19:31 Base Template CSS Spacing 07:22:08 Course Detail View 07:28:32 Improved Unlock Content Page 07:30:02 Improved Homepage 07:35:51 Thank you 07:36:35 Next up