Are you looking to start a Django project but don't know where to begin? Django is a great web development framework for creating web applications quickly and easily. However, without a virtual environment, your project can become messy and difficult to maintain. In this article, we'll discuss how to set up a Django project with a virtual environment so you can develop with confidence.
As Django is a python package and also using other packages/libraries with Django is quite common. So, you might want to keep them in the virtual environment to maintain the versions and it will be easy for someone else to set up the project on their computer after cloning from GitHub.
First, you'll need to install virtualenv. Virtualenv is a tool that allows you to create independent Python environments.
To install virtualenv, you'll need to open a terminal and type the following command:
pip install virtualenv
Once virtualenv is installed, you can create a virtual environment for your project. To do this, you'll need to navigate to the directory where your project will be located and type the following command:
virtualenv [project_name]
You can now activate the virtual environment by typing the following command in your terminal:
source [project_name]/bin/activate
After Activating the virtual enviornment, you'll need to install Django using the following command:
pip install Django
Once Django is installed, you can create a project. To do this you can type the following command:
django-admin startproject <project-name>
This will create a new Django project. You can now create an application within this project using the following command:
python manage.py startapp <app-name>
Now you are ready to begin working on your project. You can write your code in the project directory, and when you are ready, you can run the following command to start the Django development server:
python manage.py runserver
And Voila! Your Django project is now up and running.
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