In this article I will teach you how to make and run a python-django app in less than 5 minutes.
Prerequisite: Python (preferably python 3) is already installed.
Step to create and run the django app:
Install virtual environment. You may proceed without virtual environment too, but in long run it is going to be very helpful. $ pip install virtualenv
Create a virtual environment.$ virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 helloworld_VE
Activate the virtual environment.
$ source helloworld_VE/bin/activate
Install the latest django framework in virtual environment.
$ pip install django
Create your project.
$ django-admin startproject myproject
Go inside newly created project directory.
$ cd myproject
You will see a file manage.py and a directory with same name as of your project.
create an app here. Every project consist of one or more apps. These are plug-able modules which can be reused in other project if written properly.
$ python manage.py startapp helloworld
Go inside helloworld directory. create a new file urls.py .
Add below lines to this file and save it.
from django.conf.urls import url
from . import views
urlpatterns = [
url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),
]Open views file and save below code in it.
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.http import HttpResponse
def index(request):
return HttpResponse("Hello World. First Django Project. ThePythonDjango.Com")Include the app i.e. helloworld urls in main project urls file. Open myproject/urls.py file and make add below line in urlpatterns.
url(r'^helloworld/',include('helloworld.urls')),
Also import include module.from django.conf.urls import include
Now finally add helloworld in installed apps in myproject/settings.py file .
Now run command. $ python manage.py runserver .
This will run the python http server on localhost and 8000 port. If you want to run it on different port, use port number in command.
$ python manage.py runserver 8888 . To run it on different IP address, pass the IP address as well. Use this command to make your project available for everyone on the network.$ python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
So this was basic tutorial to set up django app in less than 5 minute. You can refer below github code and video for same.
Code on Github:
Github URL : https://github.com/anuragrana/hellow-world-django.git
Video:
Hosting django app on server:
Read how you can host your django app on pythonanywhere server for free. A complete step by step guide with all screenshots and video.Reference:
How to install virtual environment? Django official tutorials.
