How to start Django

I have created Helloworld web app that includes todo list to practice basic web app development

Django

Django is a server-side Python web framework. <img src = “django.png” width = 70%/>

Set-Up Django for MacOS

Django Development Environment includes Python scripts and a simple development webserver that you can test local Djnago web applications on web browser. (reference)

1. Install Python

python 3.8.2

Homebrew is an open-source software package manager that helps install different applications on MacOS

$brew install python3

2. Install Pipenv

Pipenv is a tool that automatically creates and manages a virtual environment for Python. We need a virtual environment to keep dependencies required by different projects separate by creating isolated python virtual environments for them. Pipenv prevents having to use pip and virtualenv separately. ( GeeksForGeeks )

$pip3 install pipenv

pip3 is automatically installed by Homebrew. Pip3 is another package manager that includes pipenv

3. Move to a directory and create a folder for the new project

$mkdir helloworld_webapp
$cd helloworld_webapp

4. Install django with pipenv

Pipenv creates a virtual environment django of 2.1 version speicifically for this project.

$pipenv instal django==2.1

5. Activate the virtual environment

$pipenv shell

This allows you to use the specific version of django that you installed for your project.

6. Create a new project

$django-admin startproject helloworld_project .

This starts a new project, helloworld_project in the current directory.

Now you can run django server $python manage.py runserver and open the local host to view your project on web browser!