Django Commands for creating project and app

These commands are for Ubuntu Terminal

To open terminal, use Ctrl+T

1. To create project 

    
    
django-admin startproject project_name
	    

Folder will contain one folder "project_name" and manage.py file.

2. To run the server ( be in the directory where manage.py file exist)

    
    
python3 manage.py runserver
	    

Now, copy address from the terminal and paste in internet browser.

3. To start app ( to create app )

    
    
django-admin startapp myapp
	    

4. To know django-admin commands

    
    
python3 manage.py
	    

It will show these commands:

Type 'manage.py help <subcommand>' for help on a specific subcommand.

Available subcommands:

[auth]

    changepassword

    createsuperuser

[contenttypes]

    remove_stale_contenttypes

[django]

    check

    compilemessages

    createcachetable

    dbshell

    diffsettings

    dumpdata

    flush

    inspectdb

    loaddata

    makemessages

    makemigrations

    migrate

    sendtestemail

    shell

    showmigrations

    sqlflush

    sqlmigrate

    sqlsequencereset

    squashmigrations

    startapp

    startproject

    test

    testserver

[sessions]

    clearsessions

[staticfiles]

    collectstatic

    findstatic

    runserver  

5. Change in setting for template and static files

from pathlib import Path

import os

# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.

BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent

# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production

# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/deployment/checklist/

# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!

SECRET_KEY = '******************************'

# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!

DEBUG = True

ALLOWED_HOSTS = []

# Application definition

INSTALLED_APPS = [

'django.contrib.admin',

'django.contrib.auth',

'django.contrib.contenttypes',

'django.contrib.sessions',

'django.contrib.messages',

'django.contrib.staticfiles',

]

MIDDLEWARE = [

'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',

'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',

'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',

'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',

'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',

'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',

'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',

]

ROOT_URLCONF = 'newproject.urls'

TEMPLATES = [

{

'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',

'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR,'templates')], # added manually

'APP_DIRS': True,

'OPTIONS': {

'context_processors': [

'django.template.context_processors.debug',

'django.template.context_processors.request',

'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',

'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',

],

},

},

]

WSGI_APPLICATION = 'newproject.wsgi.application'

# Database

# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#databases

DATABASES = {

'default': {

'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',

'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',

}

}

# Password validation

# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators

AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [

{

'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',

},

{

'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',

},

{

'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',

},

{

'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',

},

]

# Internationalization

# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/topics/i18n/

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'

TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'

USE_I18N = True

USE_L10N = True

USE_TZ = True

# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)

# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/static-files/

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

# added manually

STATICFILES_DIRS = [

os.path.join(BASE_DIR,'static')

]

# Default primary key field type

# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field

DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'