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01 Stuff For Every Django Project

Set up a Development Environment

  • install Python3
  • install Pip3
  • install venv
  • You need a text editor
  • Make sure you have a terminal app / a command line.

Create a Virtual Environment

mkdir code # Create a directory for our code
cd code # change to the code directory
python3 -m venv venv # Creates a venv named venv
source venv/bin/activate # activates the venv
pip freeze # shows a list of what's installed in the venv

Install Django - make sure venv is active

pip install django

Create a new Django Project

# Make sure you're in code and the venv is active
mkdir djangoproject
cd djangoproject
django-admin startproject mysite .
# This creates a mysite subdirectory and a manage.py file

Run the Django Devlopment Server

# Make sure you're in code/djangoproject
python manage.py runserver
# go to localhost:8000 in a browser to make sure you get successful install screen

Fix the migration errors

# To fix the initial migrations errors you get
python3 manage.py migrate
# This also creates the admin section which can be accessed at localhost:8000/admin

Create the Superuser

python manage.py createsuperuser
# give a username, email, and password
# Now can login at localhost:8000/admin/

Notes

I think I did the last two steps on the pi 400 in the basement, but they didn't exist when I moved upstairs. So they either don't get put on gitlab or I forgot to do a git push at the end.