django-admin startproject <projectname>

If you are in the directory django, run

django-admin startproject mysite

will create the following files:

django/
    manage.py
    mysite/
        __init__.py
        settings.py
        urls.py
        wsgi.py

Here,

• manage.py: command-line utility that lets you interact with this Django project in various ways.
• mysite/: actual Python package for your project.
• mysite/__init__.py: empty file that makes mysite/ a Python package.
• mysite/settings.py: settings/configuration for this Django project.
• mysite/urls.py: the URL declarations for this Django project; a "table of contents" of your Django-powered site.
• mysite/wsgi.py: an entry-point for WSGI-compatible web servers to serve your project.

python manage.py runserver

If you want to change the server's port, pass it as a command-line argument, e.g.:

python manage.py runserver 8080

In the directory that contains manage.py, run

python manage.py startapp <appname>

where appname is the name of the application you want to add. For example,

python manage.py startapp logs

will create a directory logs in django with the following layout:

logs/
    __init__.py
    admin.py
    apps.py
    migrations/
        __init__.py
    models.py
    tests.py
    views.py

python manage.py createsuperuser

You may need to supply an username, an email, and a password.

python manage.py makemigrations [<app_name>]

creates new migrations based on the changes detected to your models.

python manage.py migrate

synchronizes the database state with the current set of models and migrations.

Points:

• Steps of creating web pages with Django:
  1. define a URL for the page to be created;
  2. write a view funtion to retrieve and process the data needed for the page;
  3. write a template to build the page for the browser.
• Fields are specified by class attributes. They are the only required part of a model defining the database fields.
• Built-in field types: TODO:
• Any page that lets a user enter and submit information on a web page is a form.

• Superuser name: DeepWalter
• Password: have fun