Django

Must have Python and Postgresql installed.

Installation

python3 -m venv venv

source venv/bin/activate

pip install django
pip install ipython
pip install psycopg2

django-admin startproject SITE_NAME
python SITE_NAME/manage.py startapp APP_NAME

Database set up

Update settings.py

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
        'NAME': 'SITE_NAME',
        'USER': 'SITE_NAME',
        'PASSWORD': 'local_development_password_only',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '5432'
    }
}

Create the database locally

psql -c "create user SITE_NAME with password 'local_development_password_only'"
createdb -O SITE_NAME SITE_NAME;

Run the Django database commands

python SITE_NAME/manage.py makemigrations
python SITE_NAME/manage.py migrate

python SITE_NAME/manage.py createsuperuser

Useful commands

Start the interactive shell

python SITE_NAME/manage.py shell

Useful resources

Django model fields

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