Full Stack Web Development with Django and Vue
Learn, build, and deploy a professional LMS with REST APIs and Kubernetes
AvailableDescription
Modern web applications are expected to be fast, secure, and easy to use. Django and Vue make a solid combination for building everything from internal dashboards to customer-facing products. This book shows you how to use them together in a clear, end-to-end development workflow.
This book guides you from a blank project to a deployed app by building an LMS step-by-step. You will set up a Django backend, build REST APIs, and hook them up to a Vue frontend with routing, state management, forms, and authentication. This book scales up with interactive dashboards, real-time notifications via Django Channels and WebSockets, and a full suite of unit and integration tests. Finally, you will improve performance using caching and lazy loading, then package everything into Docker and Kubernetes for cloud deployment.
By the end of the book, you will be able to take a full-stack application from idea to deployment with Django and Vue. You will know how to design APIs, build interactive UIs, secure, and ship a production app that is ready to grow. You will also possess a practical portfolio piece and the technical skills to handle complex web development challenges in any real-world setting.
What You Will Learn
- Build a complete full-stack LMS with Django 5 and Vue 3 from scratch
- Design clean, reusable REST APIs for real-world web applications
- Implement Vue components, routing, forms, and Pinia state management
- Secure applications with authentication, authorization, and protected routes
- Add dashboards, real-time notifications, and interactive visualizations to products
- Test, profile, and optimize Django and Vue applications for performance
- Package and deploy your stack using Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud services
Who This Book Is For
This book targets web developers, Python programmers, and computer science students with basic Django and JavaScript knowledge. Technical leads and project managers will also benefit from this practical guide to designing, deploying, and maintaining production-grade full-stack systems with Vue.
Table of Contents
| # | Chapter |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | Introducing Django 5 and Vue 3 |
| Chapter 2 | Setting Up Development Environments |
| Chapter 3 | Designing API Endpoints |
| Chapter 4 | Developing Vue 3 Components |
| Chapter 5 | Vue 3 Forms and User Interaction |
| Chapter 6 | Managing User Authentication and Authorization |
| Chapter 7 | Advanced LMS Admin |
| Chapter 8 | Building an Interactive Dashboard |
| Chapter 9 | Implementing Real-Time Features |
| Chapter 10 | Testing Django and Vue Applications |
| Chapter 11 | Performance Optimization |
| Chapter 12 | Deploying LMS with Cloud Computing |
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About the Author
Olatunde Adedeji is an AI Solution Architect and Full-Stack Software Engineer with over 15 years of experience delivering cloud-native, AI-powered web applications. He has worked as a team lead, consultant, and principal engineer across fintech, travel, real estate, and education, turning complex requirements into production systems that scale. His work spans full-stack engineering with Django, FastAPI, Flask, React, Vue, and Node.js, AI/ML integration with transformers, LangChain, and Scikit-learn, and modern infrastructure with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.