Difference between revisions of "Django"

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  from django.urls import path
  from django.urls import path
  from . import views
  from . import views
  urlpatterns = [
  urlpatterns = [
     path('myview/', views.myview)
     path('myview/', views.myview)

Revision as of 17:29, 26 April 2023

Create a new project

  • First create a main dir django etc..
  • cd into directory
django-admin startproject projectname
  • this will create the projectname within the main directory
  • cd into directory
python manage.py runserver
  • To specify a different port
python manage.py runserver 8080

Create a Django App

python manage.py startapp myapp
  • this will create an new app in the projectname folder
  • cd into my app folder and create a folder called templates
  • create an html file in the templates folder
  • Link the new template folder to the project
  • edit the settings.py file
import os
  • Scroll down to "TEMPLATES", edit section DIRS
'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "myapp/templates")]

  • Edit the views.py in your myapp folder
def myview(request):
   return render(request, "index.html")
  • create a route file called urls.py
from django.urls import path
from . import views
urlpatterns = [
   path('myview/', views.myview)
]

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