django-cheatsheet

A compilation of useful code snippets to create, set up, and develop a Django project.

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Requirements:

• Python
• Pip
• Django

Table of Contents

• Installing Django
• Creating a project
• Creating a Django app
• Starting the Server
• Django Models
• Django Views
• URL Patterns
• Rendering a page using views.py
• Creating a Migration
• Applying the Migration

Installing Django

pip install django

Creating a project

django-admin startproject project-name

Starting the Server

python manage.py runserver

Creating an app

python manage.py startapp AppName

Django Models

from django.db import models

class ModelName(models.Model):
ModelName_id = models.AutoField

Django Views

• Views.py

from django.http import HttpResponse

def index(request):
return HttpResponse("cheatsheet")

URL Patterns

from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path
from . import views

urlpatterns = [
path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
path('', views.index, name='index'),
path('about/', views.about, name='about'),
path('contact/', views.contact, name='contact'),
]

Render a page using views.py

def index(request):
return render(request, 'index.html')

Creating a migration

python manage.py makemigrations

Applying the migration

python manage.py migrate

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