Python Django Template

About The Project

This project was completed as part of Writing your first Django app form Django documentation. I am tasked to make full use of Django and Python knowledge and its accompanying documentation to create an APIs for polls and vote.

Technologies

This project was created with:

• Python
• Django
• PostgreSQL

Installation

Run Locally

Clone the project

git clone https://github.com/SupTarr/Python-Django-Template

Set up Python and packages

To install Python on your machine go to Python Download.

py --version

To install virtualenv via pip

py -m pip install --user virtualenv

To create a virtual environment for your project, open a new command prompt, navigate to the folder where you want to create your project and then enter the following:

py -m virtualenv .

To activate the environment, run:

.\Scripts\activate.bat

In the command prompt, ensure your virtual environment is active, and execute the following command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Set up Django and run server locally

Create a mysite directory in your current directory.

django-admin startproject mysite

To create your app, make sure you’re in the same directory as manage.py and type this command:

py manage.py startapp app_name

Verify it’s working with the following command:

python manage.py runserver