Building an E-Learning Platform

In the previous chapter, you learned the basics of the internationalization and localization of Django projects, adapting your project to meet the local formats and languages for your users.

In this chapter, you will start a new Django project that will consist of an e-learning platform with your own content management system (CMS). Online learning platforms are a great example of applications that require tools for advanced content handling. You will learn how to create flexible data models that accommodate diverse data types and discover how to implement custom model functionalities that you can apply to your future Django projects.

In this chapter, you will learn how to:

• Create models for the CMS
• Create fixtures for your models and apply them
• Use model inheritance to create data models for polymorphic content
• Create custom model fields
• Order course contents and modules
• Build authentication views for...