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Python + Django Advanced: DRF, Celery & Celery Beat Mastery

Name: Python + Django Advanced: DRF, Celery & Celery Beat Mastery
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Go far beyond basic Django REST Framework. Master advanced DRF (nested serializers, custom permissions, throttling, versioning), asynchronous task processing with Celery, scheduled/periodic jobs with Celery Beat, Redis caching, and a fully Dockerized production deployment — the exact stack used to run real, high-traffic Python backends.

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Akhil

Senior Software Developer

Python + Django Advanced: DRF, Celery & Celery Beat Mastery

Overview

You will build production-grade REST APIs with Django REST Framework, offload slow work to background workers with Celery, schedule recurring jobs with Celery Beat, cache aggressively with Redis, test everything properly, and ship the whole stack in Docker — finishing with a capstone project that mirrors a real backend engineering job.

Skills You'll Learn

Django REST Framework (serializers, viewsets, routers)

Advanced DRF: nested serializers, custom permissions, throttling, API versioning

JWT & OAuth2 authentication

Celery task queues & background job processing

Celery Beat periodic task scheduling

Redis as a message broker & cache backend

Django ORM query optimization

Testing Django, DRF & Celery applications

Django Channels & WebSockets basics

Docker, Gunicorn & Nginx production deployment

Monitoring Celery with Flower

Prerequisites

Working knowledge of Python and basic Django (models, views, templates)
Basic understanding of REST APIs and HTTP is helpful
A computer capable of running Python, Redis and Docker

Course Roadmap

Module 1

Modules 1–4: Django Fundamentals Refresher → DRF Authentication & Permissions

A fast, practical refresher before going advanced. Turn Django models into real REST APIs. Model complex, real-world API payloads correctly. Secure your API properly, not just with @login_required.

Module 2

Modules 5–8: DRF Advanced Features → Celery Task Patterns

The features that separate a toy API from a production one. Stop your API from falling over under real load. Move slow work off the request/response cycle. Compose reliable, real-world async workflows.

Module 3

Modules 9–12: Celery Beat & Periodic Tasks → Django Channels & WebSockets (Bonus)

Run recurring jobs reliably in production. Make your Django API genuinely fast. Ship backend code you can actually trust. A practical bonus module on real-time Django.

Module 4

Modules 13–14: Docker & Production Deployment → Monitoring, Security & Capstone

Take the whole stack from your laptop to production. Everything you need to run this stack for real.

Course Curriculum

14 modules · 16 quizzes

Models & the ORM
Views & URL routing
Django admin panel

Serializers
ViewSets & Routers
Class-based API views

Nested serializers
SerializerMethodField
Custom field-level & object-level validation

Token & JWT authentication
OAuth2 basics
Custom permission classes & object-level permissions

Pagination strategies
Filtering & search (django-filter)
Throttling & API versioning

select_related / prefetch_related
Query optimization & the N+1 problem
Database indexing basics

What a task queue actually solves
Celery workers & message brokers (Redis/RabbitMQ)
Writing and calling your first task

Chains, groups & chords
Retries & error handling
Task result backends

Scheduling with crontab schedules
Dynamic periodic tasks from the database
Common scheduling pitfalls

Django’s cache framework
Redis caching strategies
Cache invalidation patterns

Unit testing models & views
Testing DRF endpoints
Testing Celery tasks (eager mode & mocking)

Async consumers basics
Real-time features with Channels
Combining Channels with Celery for background work

Dockerizing Django + Celery + Redis
Gunicorn & Nginx setup
Environment-based configuration & secrets

Monitoring Celery with Flower
Production security checklist
Capstone project build & review

Projects

Production-Grade REST API with DRF

A full CRUD API with JWT auth, nested serializers, and custom object-level permissions.

DjangoDjango REST FrameworkJWT

Async Email & Notification System

Offload email/SMS/push notification sending to Celery workers with retries.

CeleryRedisDjango

Scheduled Reports System with Celery Beat

Automatically generate and email reports on a daily/weekly schedule.

Celery BeatCeleryDjango

E-commerce Backend with Async Order Processing

An order pipeline (payment → inventory → notification) built with Celery chains and chords.

DjangoDRFCelery

Real-Time Dashboard with Channels + Celery

A live-updating admin dashboard combining WebSockets with background Celery jobs.

Django ChannelsCeleryWebSockets

Capstone: Fully Dockerized Production Backend

The complete stack — DRF, Celery, Celery Beat, Redis, and Docker — deployed end-to-end.

DjangoDRFCeleryDockerRedis

Assignments

Build a DRF Serializer Hierarchy

Medium

Model a real multi-entity domain with nested serializers.

Implement Custom Permission Classes

Medium

Write object-level permissions for a multi-role application.

Add JWT Authentication

Medium

Implement full signup/login/refresh-token flows on your API.

Write Your First Celery Task

Easy

Move a slow synchronous operation into a background Celery task.

Chain Multiple Celery Tasks

Hard

Compose a 3-step workflow using Celery chains.

Schedule a Periodic Task with Celery Beat

Medium

Set up a recurring task using a crontab schedule.

Add Retry Logic to a Celery Task

Hard

Make a flaky external-API-calling task resilient with retries and backoff.

Optimize a Slow Django ORM Query

Hard

Diagnose and fix an N+1 query problem using select_related/prefetch_related.

Write Tests for Celery Tasks

Hard

Cover 3 Celery tasks with unit tests using eager mode and mocking.

Dockerize the Full Application

Hard

Containerize Django, Celery, Celery Beat, and Redis with Docker Compose.

Meet Your Instructor

Akhil

Senior Software Developer

6+ years in full stack Python development, Certified AWS Cloud Developer, AIML etc.

Certificate You'll Earn

CERTIFICATE ID: LNTRN-UPSK-000000

Your Name Here

Successfully completed the Python Django DRF & Celery Mastery Certificate at Lunetron Web Services. We appreciate their dedication and wish them success in their career.”

ISSUING DATE - 27TH MARCH, 2026

Certified proficiency in advanced Django REST Framework, Celery, Celery Beat and production backend deployment.

Student Reviews

The Machine Learning and Deep Learning courses are incredibly well structured. The instructors explain complex concepts simply, and the capstone project became the centerpiece of my portfolio.

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B.Tech / AI-ML

I liked the hands-on approach of the training. Working on assignments and mini projects made the concepts easier to understand, and the AI/ML introduction was a useful addition to the course.

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B.Tech / AI-ML

The Machine Learning and Deep Learning courses are incredibly well structured. The instructors explain complex concepts simply, and the capstone project became the centerpiece of my portfolio.

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B.Tech / CSE

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Career Outcomes

Backend / Python Developer roles at product companiesDjango & DRF specialist rolesAbility to design and ship production-grade async/background-job systems