Book: Create Your Online Store with Django

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Creating an online store with Django isn't just a technical project, but an opportunity to understand how modern web architecture works.
In my experience, the key isn't in following mechanical steps, but in comprehending the logic behind each module, from product management to payment gateway integration.

Unlike other resources that teach how to build a “basic” eCommerce, here the goal is to create a scalable and modular application, designed for a professional environment and adaptable to other frameworks like Flask or FastAPI.
In fact, I apply this approach in my training, where we translate the same Django project to other environments to fully understand its structural advantages.

It is recommended to purchase the course along with the book, since the course offers more detailed explanations about the reasoning behind things, while the book tends to be more general. This way, with the combination of both, you can have the complete experience.

This training is designed to be acquired as a package.

Project Architecture: Modular and Scalable

One of the pillars of this training is understanding how to structure a Django store thinking about the future and making it COMPLETELY modular and scalable.

Instead of a single, never-ending views.py file, we divide the project into small applications: blog, store, admin.

As you can imagine, the store app is the most interesting and we will create a layer system for the implementation of the payment gateway, making it TOTALLY modular:

• Abstract product type class
• Product type classes
• Base classes that connect with the payment gateways and process the payment WITHOUT ADDING additional payment logic like PayPal and Stripe (This way you can add new gateways (MercadoPago, Redsys, etc.) without altering the rest of the system.).
• Class that determines which payment gateway to use.
• Class-based views for processing payments.

This is to name the most important part, but the templates will also be created in a modular way.

Customization and Administration: Django Admin to the Rescue

Django Admin is not just a management tool; it is the backbone of the store's internal control.
It allows you to customize views, filters, and permissions to create a complete administration interface without writing a single line of frontend code.

Personally, I prefer to use Django Admin as a base rather than reinventing dashboards from scratch. It is a waste of time to repeat known processes when the business logic is what matters.

Among the customizations I teach:

• Dynamic fields.
• Custom filters.

Scalability and Maintenance: Thinking like a Professional

Creating an online store with Django doesn't end when the shopping cart works.
The key is to design with growth in mind:

• Separating business logic from the presentation layer.
• Centralizing payment and security configuration.
• Project deployment.

When I ported this project to Flask and FastAPI, I noticed how Django was ahead in terms of order and consistency. It was an excellent lesson on the importance of long-term thinking from the start.

This resource is special when compared to other resources on my platform for the following reasons:

Key Points

Before you acquire this resource, please read the following points in which I discuss the differences we have with the rest of my courses for beginners:

• Intermediate-professional level: It is assumed that the reader has at least basic knowledge of Django, ranging from the development tools used with VSC.
• More specific: It is a book in which the objective is to create an online store type application with our knowledge in Django, therefore, it will not have the same focus as my other courses/books where the coding depends on the topic presented, and thus, the development will be shorter and more concise. Here the objective is solely the creation of the online store, therefore, the store is the topic and what we code depends on the goal to be met for the store.
• Not step-by-step: It is important to emphasize the previous point, for this training, we DO NOT offer a step-by-step for EVERYTHING, meaning there are processes like dashboards, which many times we DO NOT implement from scratch, but rather the implementation is shown based on a presentation (course) and that is why we mention that it is for an intermediate-professional level.
  • We avoid wasting time on known processes like the ones mentioned, this way, the aim is for you to invest your time in the most important aspects, learning unique processes and logics.
• Source code per section: As always, the source code will be available at the end of each section but it will NOT be public NOR available via GitHub.
• Price: Being a course/book designed for Django developers and of a higher level, it also has a higher price than the rest of my basic training, also, the course is intended to be purchased along with the book.
• Course and Book the best combination: It is designed to be acquired as both the course and the book, since, in the course, we often skip the development of repetitive modules, simply providing an explanation of what was done and not carrying out the development, this way, the goal is for YOU, the one who wants to improve their skills in Django and in Python web in general, to be able to learn more in the shortest possible time and therefore, you have a special price if you acquire them as a pair.

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