How I Sold My Python/Django Website for $41,000 

I remember about 3 months ago when I watched this video, I wanted to build a similar app to analyze user data, and display it in a fashion similar to yours. At the time I knew some HTML and CSS, and was looking into learning Django to build out my app (I did not know python at the time). Boy, I had no clue what I was getting myself into. My web app is completed now, and its everything I wanted it to be and more, and coming back here reminds me of how far I've come in these last few months. What a beautiful self-reflection point, never stop learning.

It's 4am and I was going to bed soon. After watching this, I'm getting coffee and getting back to work. Thanks! I really mean it :)

I love how you found a problem in your job, analyzed it, and built a solution for it. Great explanation and break down of your project, too..

Your story is truly inspirational. As for the styling of the page, it's beautiful. Even for Bootstrap standards, it looks way better that it would look on an average website. Nicely done!

I love how you found a problem in your job, analyzed it, and built a solution for it. Great explanation and break down of your project, too.. Subbed!

My friend, this is definitely one of the best videos I came across as a junior dev, your experience feels so real for me and you have a really humble vibe that I think its missing from a lot of this kind of videos out there, congrats for that and thank for sharing

It's cool you didn't care too much about the money. The skills you mastered along the way is much more valuable in my opinion. You inspired me to keep learning a little bit more each day. I will continue practicing with your Django tutorial series. Thanks so much for sharing, Dennis :)

Bro you just simply nailed it. I can't imagine how you made this project just by yourself. And the different language and tools you had to learn for this. Great respect for you bro. Keep it up. It really did inspired me

For those thinking he cashed in big, think again. I was expecting some basic straight forward stuff, and on the front it is, but man behind the scenes this guy went to town and you can tell. This is a full blown product. Not something you build in just a month or two. Also he spent lots of his own spare time on this project. 41,000 for a whole custom made suite that does what it's supposed to do from a business perspective is pretty damn good considering this website is gonna enable this business to make millions.

Nowadays it’s so usual to find jobs asking for this tools and I was undecided about learn it or not, but I already got the answer. Thank u man.

He's a real programmer, solved real world problem. But got paid less i think.

I’m 50 yr old now from Hong Kong and out of IT field for 10 yrs to look after my kids. Great inspiration for me to start something new. I almost complete two online data science program offered by edX. Super great suggestion, hope I can learn from you. Many thanks & God blesses you!!

This guy is pretty simple and straight forward. I love the way he is

Bro this is crazy, I love it. This is exactly why I'm studying Computer Science, there is always more to learn!

This is a very motivational experience. Aside from the fact that he seems like a brilliant person, he is very humble with his accomplishemnt. RESPECT!!!

Thanks Dennis for inspiring our whole team. Having a hard time in our project right now. After listening to your lone journey, any excuse almost doesn't make sense for us right now. Thanks bud.

Just discovered your channel today. The level of sincerity, transparency and enthusiasm in the video is inspiring. Thank you! The product itself looks beautiful.

"You're always gonna need to learn something more." Yes this is so true. Especially for older folks who are still in this line because we love what we're doing. Move with the times or get left behind.

Dennis, man, thank you... I'm an animator since ages transitioning into becoming a self learnt dev and motivation is an emotion seldom found. You my friend, are awesome to make this video. P.s. Python is amazing!

Great content, I am almost finished with your Django crash course series, and by far one of the best in-depth and clear explanations out there on youtube! Hope there will be more in the future and looking forward to the dashboard series!

this motivated me to keep diving in. I've been learning python after CCIE, and want to learn the "full stack". Great video!

This was such an inspirational video for someone just starting out as a web developer. Thanks man.

Dennis, thank you for taking the time to make this and explain it so well. I appreciate it! Subscribed.

Very inspirational, starting basically from scratch and creating some serious value for this company. I'm just starting in Python and will get to Django soon, but man, you really climbed a serious mountain. $41K was low, but completely understandable. The knowledge you gained along the way was priceless.

It would be great if you made a complete tutorial series on this. "Just jump into it". The best piece of advice that hit me. This is the first video of yours that I watched and I've already subscribed. Gonna watch your Django tutorials next. Thanks, Dennis!

My take home, your advice "just start it out" that jumped my head. I better start as quick as possible and I'll add some cherries on top later. Greetings from Tanzania 🇹🇿

Good effort mate! I saw this last night as I was working react tables, now I am so motivated to complete a few web apps. Thank you!

This episode really helps out! I've been looking for this kind of content in order to boost my confidence to study more and not give up. I've almost give up but as soon as i seen this video man it struck me. Thanks a lot!

"One think I want to advise you is, you will never be fully ready for building some thing like this even learning your fist job" Thank you so much !

The words at the end of the video is really encouraging and I just started to dive in Django, expecting more experience sharing.

Thank you so much, I came across this video a year ago, and here I am coming back to it. you inspired me.

Thank you, it is very generous of you to share your story. I found lots of useful information in it. We appreciate it!

I started with your Ordering tutorial for my Enrollment Monitoring System. Still learning and will keep moving..

Ahh man that's such a great story, I feel so motivated right now.

Great work, Dennis! Thank you for sharing your development process.

This is a great story man. I love the drive and commitment of learning all of it.

I've always wanted to learn Django and even bought books about it, but without proper knowledge of Python i thought i won't succeed. And i didn't at some point, so, i've bought Udemy Python courses. Due to business, it took me a lot of time for me to finish it and over the course of this course i realized that Django v.2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 3.0 have already been released. Thus, it appeared that bought books are outdated and a wave of frustration got me. That was the moment when i gathered my wits and said to myself: "just work harder and you'll make it". Your "just start it out" phrase just proved it ;) Thanks for such an inspirational video! Greetings from Russia ;) Subbed

More than the $$$$$, I am impressed by your ability to read those technical books(a lot different than an average novel book) ...in record time!! and understand it so well enough to applied on the fly! ... I am having difficulties reading the documentation online on passing props in React! ... nevermind the back-end implementation! ... Respect!! hats-off to you man!

Nice video. So happy for you. This is for sure a big motivation for all.

Thanks for sharing year experience ! Specially for the technologies used section

This is awesome, lemme know when you roll out the tutorial, complete beginner in frontend here just hope to advance quick :)thank you

For people saying it's not worth that much (or even more than 40k): it's not about the complexity of the software itself, but the also the fact that the company already had their staff trained + years of legacy data shaped to work with his app, not to mention customers already being familiar with the interface (something huge for user experience). Building a new one from scratch would add significant cost due to those aspects. That said, I understand his urge to move on from the project. Great video, Dennis. Keep it up!

Thank you for sharing your story! Great motivation for what I'm doing right now.

thanks for all your content and congrats on building the site!

This was amazing! The site you made as a self-taught beginner is literally unbelievable. I know people who have been software engineers with more than 10 years experience that couldn't do what you did here. You just earned my subscription, and I can't wait to watch more of your videos to see what else you build. Good luck.

after bumping my head on various books and tutorial finally i landed in one of the best django tutorials and the name of the channel was Dennis ivy

This is the best video ive watched this year . Thanks man

Great job, Dennis! Keep up the good work and I wish you all the best! Hopefully you'll be able to find many other interesting projects as this one here!

Inspiring, mate! No bullsh...ng, just humble explainations of hard work. Cheers! Tutorial on that would be appreciated, if it's feasible.

I'd definitely love to see a tutorial on creating that dashboard with the technologies you mentioned. I think it would be cool if you break up the videos by technology and order of how you built it with little challenges for viewers to try and do on their own between each video.

Thank you for breaking down your journey. And for just getting to the details without any hype. Keep going 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

This is an amazing story, really inspiring stuff. Congrats on the payout and thank you for the motivation

"You'll never going to be 100% prepared, just jump in" the best thing you said in this video, big projects intimidate people, all you need to do is start; just start.

absolutely sick. The only thing that comes out when I read books and study programming is stuff like a sudoko solver or a snake game. well done.

Woooow Dennis, super inspirational for me at this time. I was just looking for a real story like this. Fully charged-up hearing your story.

One of the best content I've heard, very wholesome from your own experience. Really helpful. Thanks a lot.

Thank you so much your idea and successful. You're really inspiration to me! Proud of you

man, the dedication is unfathomable, to learn so many things in such a short period of time.

This is a great story. One comment on the "platform being worth a lot more". You learning the process on how setting this up works is of immeasurable value. You should be setting up something similar using "dummy" data to pitch to different companies. A basic pick and place data dissemination platform could be a big seller in certain circles. Good luck!

I am a beginner and every time I watch your video I have my pen and paper ready to take down points on the next topic to be added on my list to learn. You have a way of reminding me that everything is possible and for me not to give up. Thank you.

No more 'love' story, he just got us a 'Money' story that we fell in love with (i.e the story). Hahahaha('Win + Period' not working)........ more views in less than a day than other a month old videos of his channel. I don't know how to call you Dennis, you are so amazing. You always awake me. I check RU-vid every now and then to see if there is any new video from you. 'As far as' the interest on such kind of dashboard, well I am so so interested, I mean who else wouldn't be??

Honestly, after the amount of work he did $41,000 does indeed seem like not enough, it seems like you got cheaped out on, but I'm glad it worked out.

Thank you very much for sharing your inspiring story! I'm doing a start-up and your approach is just what I need most now. Your video is very helpful. I'll follow your suggestions to learn how to make it.

Can't wait for the tutorial man thank you for sharing

Amazing lessons learned! make a dashboard with google map integration, pie chart, bar chart, histogram etc. it will really help a lot of people.

Thank you. I was about to quit doing a project but this inspired me to keep going.

Just the right amount of inspiration I needed at this point, I'm currently working on a project with react and django. It seems to be overwhelming at times but I keep pushing myself to learn more. Thanks for sharing your story with us it was truly inspirational.

Glad to see Dennis'' around the world are up to great things ! Solid video, making me proud.

For a website built after 2 months of learning, that's pretty damn good!!!

damn, you learn a language fast! it took me 4 months just to feel confident in python. I wish I could learn things fast. All I got is the will to progress which has been helping me this far.

Your story is very inspirational, considering that I'm studying web development on myself online right now. I have a goal of making a e-commerce websites for local retailers here in Tanzania, East Africa. Amazing testimonial, you have no idea how much this inspired me. God Bless man!!

I am also working on a passion project and need to learn the basics in order to build what I want. It's daunting, but I think your channel has the most realistic/best advice! Thank you so much 😊

I learned to CSS with those Jon Duckett books you showed.

It's really motivating to see you talk, it's a request from myself and the like, do make a tutorial on this website...we would really appreciate it.

Hey man i just watched two videos of yours and what i found you not only motivates the new coders like us but also shows a pathway which boost the confidence for those who are depressed and confuse about coding and thinking to quit it. Thanks for your golden word.... YOU GOT NEW SUBSCRIBER ....

really inspiring, thanks man, I have a few ideas that have been rattling around in my head for a while, going to start taking out time for them

I am generally the person who doesn't comment on RU-vid, but this was really inspiring. Unlike most videos, this doesn't make me feel that things are always out my league. I just don't find the impetus to start off with something because I am mostly quite scared that what if whatever I make is not efficient enough, or may be not the perfect way to go about it owing to my inexperience. Thank you for giving me that confidence, that it's okay to learn along the way. It's all about starting off. Kudos, All the way from India.

Oh man! that sounds so nice amazing! I've been into this field for many years ( around 15 years so far ) and learnt from the basic of HTML and CSS and simple websites with PHP in the past and now everything is so nice to work on it, I am new with python and Django and would be so nice just to see you building a replica of your software! one of the most valuable skills that we have as developers is the sense of sharing! sharing knowledge and spread out more of this amazing world ( WEB DEVELOPMENT )

Jeeez i've never seen someone share so much in-depth knowledge. Thanks for the video. You're an inspiration buddy!! Subscribed!!!

Although a lot of programming books can get obsolete relatively fast, it's still nice to get a hold of a copy instead of just a pdf on your computer. Makes you appreciate it more. Great hustle there, Dennis.

such a great news to hear from a fellow python/django programmer. Congrats you hit it in your first project.

Thank you so much So much motivativating your explanation... Feb 14 we love u so much ...... Waiting more knowledge from you

This is awesome on so many levels. Really appreciate you taking to explain the different languages that you used to develop this awesome web app. Great Job

Nice video - working on somethings similar and is great to see your journey!

Omg , full tutorial on it would be amazing !! Best tutorial ever .

u inspire me really teacher. thanx a lot.

This is very inspiring. Coincidently I am working on something using the same languages and frameworks. At some point, I never felt ready until I watched this video. Great Stuff Dennis... I am a proud follower.

What a great story and thank you so much for sharing! The experience you've gained by jumping in, you're right, you will NEVER learn that in a boot camp or RU-vid video of any sorts. Having knowledge or the fundamentals of a business is normally the point of differentiation between a well developed application and development that is dragged on. The fact that you already knew about the business and then expanded on your skill set to deliver, is commendable and definitely inspiring! Congrats on not only the chedda, but the ability being more marketable & valuable!! #Inspiration #DevLife #NeverStopLearning

Creating a full tutorial based on that project would be Amazing!

Dude talking about "that system was built in 2008 and you can imagine how outdated that must have looked". I work at one of the largest grocery retailers in the country. We'd be LUCKY to get stuff from 2008! Congrats on the sale man!

This is incredible stuff. Well done!

Very inspirational. Thanks for sharing your story.

wow boss. teach us all techniques to build website/aap on django.

Ouch. $20k a year 🤥 glad you got out though!

this guy has great attitude. good for you..you will soar higher...subscribed

Well done man. Thanks for posting.

I see 100k worth of product there. Not the coding and development, but how it'll help to boost their productivity by many folds. Well, we learn everyday. cheers

i don't know but i love you're speaking and it's so motivation for me i love you're effort🤘

Very useful information and inspiring. Thank you brother for sharing 🙏🏼

What a cool story! Good job Dennis.