MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2016 Activities by Sponsor - Ms. Mengjiao Yang



Introduction to Web Development Using Django and Microsoft Azure

James Sturtevant, Technical Evangelist, Mengjiao Yang, MIT Student/Microsoft Student Partner

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/08
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None

This is an activity that consists of four lectures which will spread through out IAP. Each of the lecture should last about 2 hours. The main goal of this lecture series is to get attendees started on basic web programming concepts and learning primary skills of web programming, including the practice of building Django framework and the knowledge of using Microsoft Azure backend. The technical evangelist from Microsoft, James Sturtevant, will be the main instructor of this lecture series.

Lectures will be divided into:

Day 1 – Setup the project/ Intro to Web Development

Day 2 – Front End – HTML/Javascript/CSS

Day 3 – Back End – Add Ability to process and save data

Day 4 – Publish and Set up Continous Deployment

Contact: Mengjiao Yang, (617) 899-2175, MENGJIAO@MIT.EDU


Setup the project/ Intro to Web Developm

Jan/11 Mon 07:00PM-09:00PM 1-134, Bring your laptop
Jan/20 Wed 07:00PM-09:00PM 1-134, Bring your laptop
Jan/26 Tue 07:00PM-09:00PM 1-134, Bring your laptop
Jan/28 Thu 07:00PM-09:00PM 1-134, Bring your laptop

James Sturtevant - Technical Evangelist, Mengjiao Yang - MIT Student/Microsoft Student Partner