This post is for myself to remember how to build Django project. I did follow the tutorial from the JustDjango Learn website free tutorial. And this is the fourth tutorial named Getting Started With Django. I am not going over all the details and descriptions for each part. There are good explanations on video of the JustDjango Learn. So, visit their site and try their tutorials if you need more details. Also, the orders of this post and their video might be different because I put things first what I think should come first.
I am doing this on Windows 10 with just Windows PowerShell. Not using virtual machines at all.
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1. Run Server
make sure your virtual environment is activated.
run server by typing below code.
python manage.py runserver
2. Migrations
stop the server hit ctrl+c
apply changes to database (migrations)
python manage.py migrate
3. Startapp
stop the server
create an app
python manage.py startapp leads
add app on settings file
(optional) commit and push to Github.
you can commit at once all things are done, but it is better to specify what’s done in a commit for others and yourself to trace back.
you don’t have to push every time. you can add and commit multiple times and push them all together.
4. Models
open up the models.py file under leads folder.
create model and save the file.
class Lead(models.Model):
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
age = models.IntegerField(default=0)
run the makemigrations
python manage.py makemigrations
you will see a file created under migrations folder under leads folder
run migrate
python manage.py migrate
for me, it is like add and commit on git.
you can see the details of migrations on django docs.
