MatchMaker 2 Tutorial Series

Have you ever wondered how sites like OkCupid.com and Match.com provide matches to you? How about how Amazon.com provides suggested products? In this project, we build a matchmaking site that teaches you the fundamentals of a matching algorithm so you can build the "OkCuipd" of finding and hiring staff.

Start with: Try Django 1.8

The tutorial code below is the final code from the end of each tutorial video. Each link below is tied directly to the tutorial's title. Please note that some videos will not have code reference code.

Tutorial Code

5 - Rename Django Project

6 - Matchmaking Questions

7 - Foreign Key Basics

8 - Tabular Inlines

9 - Foreign Key Basics Part 2

10 - Question Queryset

11 - Question Form

12 - Question Single

13 - Question Importance

14 - UserAnswer Model

15 - Save User Answer

16 - Form Validation

17 - Display & Edit User Answer

18 - Assign Point Values

18 - Assign Point Values

20 - Matching Algorithm Part 1

21 - Matching Algorithm Part 2 - Awarding Points

22 - Matching Algorithm Part 3 - Total Points

23 - Geometric Mean vs Arithmetic Mean

24 - Matching Algorithm Part 4 - Match Percentage

25 - Matches App

26 - Model Manager for Matches

27 - Get Match Percentage from Algorithm

28 - Compare Timezone to Update Timestamp

29 - Update Match for QuerySet

30 - Complex Queries with Q Lookups

31 - Matching Algorithm Final

32 - Profile App & Image Field

33 - Profile View

34 - Implementing Matching Function

35 - Instance Property for Match Percentage

36 - Matches on Dashboard

37 - Match Images on Dashboard

38 - Get Absolute Url

39 - Match Images on Dashboard Part 2

40 - Fix New User breaking Matches

41 - Jobs App

42 - Django Localflavor

43 - UserJob Model

44 - View & Add UserJob

45 - Update Jobs with Model Formsets

46 - Get Matches QuerySet Update

47 - Job, Location, Employer Matches

48 - Fix Migration Error

49 - Suggestion Position, Location, Employer

50 - Position Matches

51 - SlugFields

52 - Position Match View

53 - Handle Query Exceptions

54 - Location & Employer Match Views

55 - User Logged in Signal

56 - UserLike

57 - Perform Like in a View

58 - User Likes on Dashboard

59 - New User Dashboard

60 - Include Template with Arguments

61 - Improve Dashboard

62 - Get Unanswered Questions

63 - Unanswered Questions Part 2

64 - Django Messages

65 - Bootstrap Alert with Messages

66 - Custom Signals

67 - Test User

68 - Profile User

69 - Profile Data & Image

70 - Final Code