Django Web Development

Here is list of common tasks which we do while developing websites using Django

Installation

• pip install Django

Creating Virtual Environment

• python -m venv C:\Users\salah\OneDrive\Desktop\Data\Git1\learning\Projects\venvDynamicInternalPages
• C:\Users\salah\OneDrive\Desktop\Data\Git1\learning\Projects\venvDynamicInternalPages\Scripts>activate

Creating New Django Project

• django-admin startproject dynamicinternalpages
• cd dynamicinternalpages
• python manage.py startapp internal
• python manage.py makemigrations
• python manage.py migrate

# Application definition

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'dynamicinternalpages',
    'web',
    'rest_framework',
    'api'
]

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

MEDIA_URL = '/media/'

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

STATICFILES_DIR = [
    os.path.join('BASE_DIR', 'static')
    # BASE_DIR / "static"
]

Create Super User

• python manage.py createsuperuser

Creating requirements files

• pip freeze requirements.txt

Rest Framework

• pip install djangorestframework
• pip install markdown       
• pip install django-filter 

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS': 'rest_framework.pagination.PageNumberPagination',
    'PAGE_SIZE': 10
}

Run Site

• python manage.py runserver

Working with MYSQL Database

pip install mysqlclient

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        'NAME': 'dynamicinternalpages',
        'HOST': '127.0.0.1',
        'PORT': '3306',
        'USER': 'root',
        'PASSWORD': 'titan#12',
    }
}