Django + React + Celery Full Project | Background Tasks Tutorial

In this tutorial, we build a fullstack background processing system using Django, React, Celery, and Redis. Instead of processing a large CSV file inside a Django view (which can block your server), we use Celery + Redis to handle the heavy work in the background, while the React frontend stays responsive. You’ll learn: How to integrate Celery into a Django project How Redis works as a message broker How to trigger background tasks using .delay() How to return and track a task_id How to poll task status from a React frontend How to display created students in a table This is real production-style architecture, not just CRUD. Backend Source Code: https://github.com/CodeWithClinton/django_celery_backend Frontend Source Code: https://github.com/CodeWithClinton/react_celery ⏱️ Timestamps 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:00:36 - Backend setup 00:13:51 - Testing the endpoints on Postman 00:20:42 - The React frontend 00:27:30 - The End If you’re serious about building scalable Django applications, understanding background tasks is essential.