Introduction
Django is a high level Python framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic designs. It is a free and open source framework for Python which you can use to build web applications. There are many reasons why Django is popular when it comes to the building of web applications. For one, it is fast meaning with Django you don’t have to spend much time for configurations, you can build applications faster, it is also very secure, there are also so many needed components that you will need that comes already packed with Django and in terms of scalability, Django can also help you adapt to any increase in users in the future. So in summary, Django is an interesting and useful framework that can help you build clean and pragmatic web applications. In the previous article, we discussed how to set up Django on your windows. In this article, we shall discuss in details how to create your first project in Django.
Creating Your First Project In Django
Now, I believe you have successfully downloaded Django on your system making use of the command line. The next step is for you to create a project. We can do this in a particular folder which will be a container for all our Django projects. It is quite wise to keep all your Django projects in one particular folder so as to keep it professional. The name of this folder will be referred to as “Projects”. To create this folder, we type “mkdir projects” in the command prompt. Then we change our directory into the folder we just created by typing “cd projects”, then click “Enter”. This way, you are now in the directory of the folder you just created.
Let’s now create our first project in this folder. To do this, we say “django -admin startproject practicals”. “practicals” is the name of our first project. To start working on this project, you have to change directory by saying “cd practicals”. Now, you are in the project folder. Congratulations, you have just successfully created your first project in Django.
Conclusion
In this article, we learnt how to create a project in Django. We created a main folder for all our Django projects and then created our first project in it. The next step though is to create an app. How can you create an app in Django? This shall be addressed in the next article.
