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·Apr 18

Building Your First Endpoint with the Django REST Framework

Part 2: Setting up models, serialization, and API routes using the Django REST Framework — Live dev notes taken throughout the following tutorial by Dennis Ivy — Django + React Notes App In part 2, we look at setting up two GET endpoints by creating a database model, accessing the admin panel and serializing the records in our Django API backend You can also follow…

Python

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Building Your First Endpoint with the Django REST Framework

Published in Python in Plain English

·Apr 11

Set Up a “Hello World” Project Using Django REST Framework

Part 1: Setting up a “Hello World” Django REST Framework Project — Live dev notes taken throughout the following tutorial by Dennis Ivy — Django + React Notes App In this series, we’ll be working towards building and deploying a React application with a Django API backend. In part 1, we look at how to design a RESTful API, set up our…

Python

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Set Up a “Hello World” Project Using Django REST Framework

Published in Python in Plain English

·Mar 15

An Introduction to Django REST Framework

What are Rest APIs and what does it take to set up a basic API using the Django REST Framework? — Live dev notes taken throughout the following tutorial by Dennis Ivy — Django REST Framework Oversimplified In this post, we look at what REST APIs are and what it takes to set up a basic API using the Django REST Framework. You can also follow along by referring to my…

Python

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An Introduction to Django REST Framework

Published in JavaScript in Plain English

·Mar 8

React Crash Course — Deploying to Netlify

Part 12: Getting a React application ready for deployment on Netlify — Live dev notes taken throughout the following tutorial by Dennis Ivy — React JS Crash Course In the final part of this crash course series, we’ll look at building our React application so that it’s ready for deployment. …

React

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·Mar 3

React Crash Course — Text-Based Utility Functions

Part 11: Formatting content in React components using custom utility functions — Live dev notes taken throughout the following tutorial by Dennis Ivy — React JS Crash Course In part 11 we’ll create some text-based utility functions inside of our ListItem and NotesListPage components to return the title of the note. We’ll also add in helpful details such as a nicely formatted…

React

4 min read

Published in JavaScript in Plain English

·Mar 1

React Crash Course — POST and DELETE Methods

Part 10: Making fetch calls in our React application to update the backend — Live dev notes taken throughout the following tutorial by Dennis Ivy — React JS Crash Course In part 10 we’ll add in the delete and create note functionality which will use the DELETE and POST methods, respectively. In the process, we’ll build in a couple more HTML elements within our…

React

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·Mar 1

React Crash Course — Updating with the PUT method

Part 9: Making fetch calls in our React application to update the backend — Live dev notes taken throughout the following tutorial by Dennis Ivy — React JS Crash Course In part 9 we look at updating the contents of our notes, saving it back to our mock backend server, redirecting the user via React Router’s history property as well as resolving the onChange…

React

6 min read

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·Feb 22

React Crash Course — Making API Calls with Fetch

Part 8: Pulling data from the backend into a React Application — Live dev notes taken throughout the following tutorial by Dennis Ivy — React JS Crash Course In part 8, we pull data from our mock backend server using API calls through fetch with async and await functions. Then through useEffect we’ll implement best practices when rendering out our notes. You…

React

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·Feb 22

React Crash Course — Understanding State and Lifecycle Methods

Part 7: Building a foundation for State and Lifecycle Methods — Live dev notes taken throughout the following tutorial by Dennis Ivy — React JS Crash Course In part 7, we take a look at React state and how Lifecycle Methods work. By comparing Class-based and Function-based components, we’ll understand why the latter is chosen over the former. You can also…

React

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·Feb 21

React Crash Course — JSON Server

Part 6: Prototyping React Applications with a Mock Backend — Live dev notes taken throughout the following tutorial by Dennis Ivy — React JS Crash Course In part 6, we look into spinning up a quick mock server for our notes. Rather than focusing on building out an API from scratch, we’ll create a dummy API for prototyping requests, similar…

React

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