After reading and working through this book, I had a functioning prototype of a fairly complex app within 3 weeks. It really does help in a concrete, practical way. And I love its optimism—the idea that you don’t have to spend years becoming a seasoned programmer to build an interactive web app that’s decent.
—Blake W.

Hey nerds, you know how you always say you want to learn to code, then don't? Check out @hellowebapp by @tracymakes and thank me later.
— Genghis (@Hawksfire) April 29, 2017

Don’t miss out on this, folks. Hello Web App is an amazing resource if you’re getting into web programming. If you’re already *in* web programming, why not buy it anyway and gift it to a friend. Or just show support an awesome author and community member. https://t.co/sxNnTrKyn4
— Russell Keith-Magee (@freakboy3742) March 20, 2018

I just updated the Current Django Books list to include the updated version of Hello Web App. Better late than never! https://t.co/4Tsev3hanq

cc @tracymakes
— Daniel Roy Greenfeld (@pydanny) May 1, 2018

Huge thank you to @tracymakes for her great book series "Hello Web App". Time to refresh my #Django skills. https://t.co/eHhpNJV18n
— Chris Christensen (@christensen143) December 16, 2017

Complete package covers these topics:

Two books, 317 pages, 17 videos, over a hundred examples and shortcuts.

Part 1: Step-by-Step Tutorial
- What We’re Building
- Prerequisites
- Getting Started
- Setting up your Templates
- Fun with Template Tags
- Adding Dynamic Data
- Displaying Dynamic Information in the Templates
- Setting up Individual Object Pages
- Forms.py Funsies
- Adding a Registration Page
- Setting up Basic Browse Pages
- Quick Hits: 404 Pages, requirements.txt, and Testing
- Deploying your Web App
- What To Do If Your App is Broken
- Important Things to Know
- Moving Forward
Part 2: Intermediate Concepts
- Creating a Contact Form and Working with Custom Forms
- Adding a New Model
- Adding Easy Admin Emails, Helpers, Sitemaps, and More
- Adding User-Uploaded Images
- Editing and Resizing Images
- Setting Up Django Messages for Alerts
- Front-End Fun: Adding Gulp, Sass, and Bootstrap
- Reading Source Code And Setting Up a Form to Edit User Email Addresses
- Adding Payments with Stripe
- Adding an API
- Working with Sessions
- Creating Your Own Scripts and a Bit About Cron Jobs
- Database Pitfalls
- Additional Information and Resources

The Videos + eBooks

Optional paperbacks for $20 USD + shipping extra

This package contains the entire Hello Web App series — the paperback books, the videos, and the eBooks. Learn how to build, grow, and monetize your web app all in one purchase.

Full contents:

Two eBooks in three formats each — PDF, .mobi, and .ePub.
28 videos — screencasts walking you through all chapters of the books plus four bonus beginner videos.
Access to a video dashboard so you can keep track of your progress.

Buy the full course for $179

Price is in USD.

The Paperbacks (eBooks included)

Learn better with a physical book? I got you! This package contains the eBooks (in all three formats) plus the paperback books. Shipping extra.

Buy for $59.95 + shipping

Not for sale at the moment. Feel free to email if you really want a physical book.

Just the eBooks

The digital books, lovingly designed by Tracy herself. Comes in PDF, .mobi, and .ePub formats for each.

Buy for $34.95

Price is in USD.

(Want to buy another book as well? See all combo packages here.)

Frequently Asked Questions

What will I learn?: Hello Web App teaches beginner web app development for non-programmers. Assuming no programming background, Part 1 walks you through developing your unique idea, creating your web app, and launching on Heroku. Part 2 teaches more intermediate Django concepts like working with multiple models/databases, adding payments with Stripe, more efficient coding techniques, and more.
Do I need to know Python?: Only a little. I recommend going through the first few lessons of Learn Python the Hard Way so you understand how programming logic works. That said, Python is a delightfully easy-to-read language so if you're ambitious, you can go through Hello Web App without programming knowledge — you'll pickup the basic skills from the examples.
What does the tutorial cover?: You'll be building a "collection of things." It's a super generic format that you can update to build something unique. For example, you could build a blog (as a blog is a collection of posts), a LinkedIn-clone (a collection of employment data), or a directory (a collection of profiles). By making something unique, you'll remember what you learn and hopefully be excited to learn more after you finish the course.
How does Hello Web App differ from other programming books and courses?: Hello Web App isn't here to teach you how to become a back-end engineer — the goal is to help you build a web app quickly and easily. I want to give you that feeling of accomplishment as fast as possible! No theory, no "why" or "how". The goal is to show you how easy it can be to build a web app, and there are plenty of other tutorials and resources to tell you how things are working under the hood for after you're finished with this course.
What if I don't like it?: That's cool! Just let me know within 60 days of ordering the book and I'll refund you in full.

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Design and build your own custom web app using Python and Django. Tailored for non-programmers, written by a designer.

Have you ever wanted to develop your own web product?

Features include

What you'll learn

How to build a web app with Django

How to use the Django admin

Adding user registration

How to add payments with Stripe

Launch your web app on Heroku

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