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Design for non-designers: Part 3
Part 1 of this design series dealt with the visual design, and Part 2 delved into user experience, content, and testing. Here, we’re going to jump into a bit about theory and reassurances that will help you become a better designer. Read more...
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Design for non-designers: Part 2
The most gorgeous website in the world is useless if folks using that website can’t achieve what they want to do. It's more important that your design works well than how it looks. How to tell whether your design is working well? Read more...
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Design for non-designers: Part 1
Even if you’re not a designer, I’d bet that at some point in your career you’ll need to do something visual, whether it’s making a landing page for your project, designing a form, creating your personal website, or making slides. So, part one: what’s the one main thing to remember … Read more...
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Tutorial: Calculating your Stripe monthly recurring revenue (MRR)
I love Stripe, the customer payment solution I advocate using in Hello Web App: Intermediate Concepts, but I wish the Stripe's dashboard came with a bit more information about the state of your project and revenue. Here's my script for pulling in that information for your Django project. Read more...
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Introduction to class-based views in Django
When I first started learning Django, I used Kenneth Love's excellent Django video series. Kenneth now works at Treehouse as a Django instructor. For this chapter, I decided to pass the torch and let him tell you all about class-based views, as I know what an excellent instructor he is … Read more...
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Tutorial: How to set up a contact form with Django
This tutorial is intended as a follow-on to my book, Hello Web App, which teaches the basics of web app development — from ideation to deployment. In this walkthrough, we're going to build something relatively easy: a simple contact form where your users can enter their name, email address, and … Read more...
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