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Introduction
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Django
Session-1
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Django

It is a free and open-source web framework to create web applications.

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Framework is a combination of packages and components. It helps you start your

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project with support, so you do not need to do anything from scratch.

03 MVT Architect

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Django Setup Search . . .

01 Python

02 pip

03 Virtual environment

04 Django

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Virtual Environment

Virtual environment help you to resolve dependency issue.

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02 pip install virtualenvwrapper-win

mkvirtualenv test

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Commands for Project Creation

Django-admin startproject <projectname>

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cd <projectname>
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03 py manage.py runserver

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Demo Time
Pre-Project Steps
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Step 1. Install Python (One Time)

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Step 2. Open command prompt

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Step 3. Check pip is installed (One Search . . .

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Step 4. Install virtual Environment

04 pip install virtualenvwrapper-win

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Create Project
Steps→ Each Project
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Common commands to navigate

in command prompt
To change drive type (drivename:) For example ( d:)
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02 Change Directory : cd

03 To check directory content : dir

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Common commands to navigate

in command prompt
04 Go inside folder : cd <foldername> Example cd demo

05 cd.. To change parent directory

06 Cd\ move to root drive

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Common commands to navigate

in command prompt
07 Mkdir to create a make directory. (mkdir <directoryname>)

08 Rmdir to delete directory . (rmdir <directoryname>)

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Step 1. Create Path for your Projects.

01 Example Lets create a folder where we store all projects. (Example Lets create a folder
“myprojects” in d: drive.

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mkvirtualenv <envname> (One environment for each project)

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Example “mkvirtualenv demo”

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Environment is not active)

workon <environment name > workon demo
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pip install django

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Django-admin --version
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Django-admin startproject <projectname> (Django-admin startproject firstproject)

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cd <projectname> cd firstproject
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py manage.py runserver
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Open Browser type : http://127.0.0.1:8000/

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Press Ctrl+ Break or Ctrl+C

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Deactivate <environmentname>
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01 manage.py file is automatically created in each Django Project

It is a utility that provide various commands that you must have while working with
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Django project.

03 In simple language it is a command line utility that lets you work with Django project in
various ways.

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01 manage.py file is automatically created in each Django Project

It is a utility that provide various commands that you must have while working with
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Django project.

03 In simple language it is a command line utility that lets you work with Django project in
various ways.

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01 A URL is a web address. Every page on internet needs its own URL. With the help of URL
your application know which a user wants to see or do.

02 Django has his own way for URL mapping and it is done by editing urls.py file.

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01 Settings.py is a core file in Django Projects.

02 It holds all the configuration values that your web application need to work.

03 Example : database settings, logging configuration, static file, API keys

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01 Web Server Gateway Interface.

02 It is a specification that describes how a web server communicates with a web

application.

03 WSGI specifies simple rules that the server and application must conform to.

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01 Asynchronous Gateway Interface.

02 Support Asynchronous calls.

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THANK YOU
Kindly perform all in class exercise before coming to lab

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