Django with Tailwind CSS

Course Overview

Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Embark on a comprehensive journey through Django and Tailwind CSS, designed to empower ambitious beginners with the skills needed for modern web development. Starting with an overview of essential topics, you'll set up your development environment using Visual Studio Code and key extensions. The course progresses through defining models for authors, publishers, books, customers, and rentals, incorporating advanced features like unique IDs and QR codes. As you delve deeper, you'll master the Django Model-View-Template (MVT) architecture, learning to create dynamic views and templates, implement template inheritance, and manage data with querysets and reverse relationships. The course emphasizes code organization, ensuring a clean and efficient codebase. You'll also explore exporting data from Django administration, enhancing your ability to manage and utilize data effectively. The integration of Tailwind CSS adds a modern, responsive design to your Django applications. You'll learn to style buttons, implement light and dark modes, and create reusable components for alerts and headers. The course also covers advanced topics like AJAX integration, chart data preparation, and user authentication with OTP. By the end, you'll be proficient in deploying a fully functional web application with Django and Tailwind CSS, equipped with dashboards, dynamic views, and robust user authentication.