Create a Very Basic Django App with Python

In this repository, you will have a template to the absolute basic app that you can create with Django and Python.

The details of this package are on my blog:

Get Started With Django (Python Tutorial)

About the Author

@author: Jean-Christophe Chouinard

@title: Sr. SEO Specialist at SEEK

Blog: jcchouinard.com

Linkedin:/in/jeanchristophechouinard

Twitter:@ChouinardJC

Getting Started

Clone Github Repository

$ git clone https://github.com/jcchouinard/Django-tutorial.git

Install Packages

$ pip install -r requirements.txt or $ conda install --file requirements.txt

Create the Django Project

$ django-admin startproject <PROJECT_NAME> $ django-admin startproject first_django_app

Move into the Project

$ cd <PROJECT_NAME> $ cd first_django_app

Create a Django App in your project

$ python manage.py startapp <APP_NAME> $ python manage.py startapp django_app

Add the App to settings.py

In your app settings.py file. first_django_app > dirst_django_app > settings.py

Go to the INSTALLED_APPS, and add your <APP_NAME> app to the list.

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django_app',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
]

Add the URL of your App to urls.py

In the urls.py file: first_django_app > first_django_app > urls.py

Import the include module. from django.urls import include, path

Add the path('', include('<APP_NAME>.urls')) to the list of url patterns.

from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import include, path

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('', include('django_app.urls'))
]

Save the file.

Move to the APP directory

$ cd <APP_NAME> $ cd django_app

Create the APP urls.py file

$ touch urls.py

Modify the urls.py file

Open the urls.py file first_django_app > django_app > urls.py

$ code urls.py

Add this to the urls.py file.

from django.urls import path

from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.index, name='index')
]

Save the file.

Modify the Views.py file

Open the views.py file first_django_app > django_app > views.py

We need to create the index route inside the views.py file.

The route will use the render module to render the index.html page template.

def index(request):
    return render(request, "<APP_NAME>/index.html")

Here is the code to have in the views.py file.

from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.shortcuts import render

# Create your views here.
def index(request):
    return render(request, 'django_app/index.html')

Create the Template Directory

$ mkdir -p templates/<APP_NAME> $ mkdir -p templates/django_app

Create the index.html file

Inside the directory create the index.html file.

first_django_app > django_app > templates > django_app > index.html

$ touch templates/django_app/index.html

Create Your Index.html template

Open the index.html file. first_django_app > django_app > templates > django_app > index.html

$ code templates/django_app/index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head lang="en">
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
        <title>My First Django App</title>
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1>My First Django App</h1>
        <p>Congratulations.</p>
        <p>You have built your first Django application with Python.</p>
    </body>
</html>

Come back to project directory

$ cd ..

Make migrations

$ python manage.py makemigrations $ python manage.py migrate

Run Django Server

$ python manage.py runserver

Open the IP adress in Your Browser

Open the given URL in your browser. http://127.0.0.1:8000/

Deactivate the environment

$ conda deactivate

Other Interesting Guides from The Author

Python for SEO: Complete Guide (in 5 Chapters)

Learn Git and Github (Complete Guide)

Automation

WebScraping

APIs

Others

Chrome DevTools for SEO

Name		Name	Last commit message	Last commit date
Latest commit History 5 Commits
first_django_app		first_django_app
.DS_Store		.DS_Store
README.md		README.md
djangoapp.png		djangoapp.png
requirements.txt		requirements.txt

jcchouinard/Django-tutorial

Folders and files

Latest commit

History

Repository files navigation