If, like me, you haven't worked with Django before, the best place to start with is Writing your first Django app from the official Django website. This gives you a quick understanding of the major parts of Django without needing to read an entire book to get it.
django-admin startproject mysite- creates Django projectpython manage.py runserver- starts Django web server (optionally add a port at the end8080)python manage.py startapp polls- creates Django app in projectpython manage.py makemigrations polls- creates migration scripts in migrations folderpython manage.py sqlmigrate polls 0001- shows SQL that will run for this migration but doesn't perform itpython manage.py migrate- performs all migrationspython manage.py shell- puts you in a Django ORM shell to play with the models on the command-linepython manage.py createsuperuser- creates super user for django admin app which comes by default with all Django projects, url/adminpython manage.py test polls- run tests for polls app