Introduction And Installation Of Django

Jan. 31, 2023, 8:33 p.m.

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Django is a high-level Python web framework that enables rapid development of secure and maintainable websites. It follows the model-template-view architectural pattern and provides a full-stack framework for building dynamic web applications.

I Assume you have :

Basic knowledge of Python programming language.
Basic knowledge of Web Technology i.e HTML, CSS and Javascript.

Check if Python is installed in your system

Open terminal and run below command
python --version

Creating environment

It is recommended to use virtual environment for dependencies and other packages. 

Create a virtual environment

python -m venv env

Activate virtual environment

source env/bin/activate

Installing Django

Install python using pip command
pip install django
This command install latest version of django in your system

Verify Installation

django-admin --version

Creating your first Project

django-admin startproject projectname

Start the development server

python manage.py runserver

 Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000/ to view the Django welcome page.

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