Outline
I try to develop the serverside by python django. in this blog post, I’ll introduce how to install and configure django for developing.
this blog is a series. if you want to check other blog posts of the series, see the links below.
- django installation
- Start django Project
- Use Models in django
- django Administrator Page
- django Routing
- django ORM
- django View
- django Form
- Upload django project to Heroku
also, this blog series source code is opened on Github. you can see full source code via the link below.
Installation
we need to install python to use django. click the link below. download and install suitable python on your OS.
- download python: https://www.python.org/downloads/
I mainly use Mac for developing. also, I use zsh for the terminal. you can see how to set python and zsh on Mac via the links below.
after setting zsh and python via the links above, execute the command below to check python version.
python --version
Python 3.7.2
execute the command below to install virtualenv module that supports to make python Virtual Environment easily.
pip install virtualenv pylint autopep8
execute the command below to make django development environment.
mkdir server
cd server
virtualenv venv
execute the command below to activate Virtual Environment.
source venv/bin/activate
execute the command below to install django in Virtual Environment.
pip install django
after installation, execute the command below to check django installed well.
django-admin --version
# 2.2
execute the command below to save the development environment to a file.
# cd server
pip freeze > requirements.txt
after checking the installation, execute the command below to quit Virutal Environment.
deactivate
execute the command below again to check Virtual Environment quit well
django-admin --version
# zsh: command not found: django-admin
we can understand what Virtual Environment is via the command above. we’ve installed django in Virtual Environment. so in Virtual Environment quit state, if we execute the django command, we can see the error message that django command not found. which means, we can isolate python development environment by python Virtual Environment.
How To Use On Other Machines
python Virtual Environemt is just an environment. so we don’t need it to be version controlled by git. add the content below to .gitignore file.
# .gitignore
...
venv
and then save requirements.txt on git(commit and push). in other machines, clone it from git and install Virtual Environment by the command. after it, install django by the command below.
# cd server
pip install -r requirements.txt
we’ll use many modules during developing. after installing the modules, execute the command below to update requirements.txt.
# cd server
pip freeze > requirements.txt
Completed
we’ve seen how to install python and how to use python Virtual Environment for using django. finally, we’re ready to develop with django. after, I’ll introduce how to develop the serverside with django.
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