Exercise 2.2 - Creating the Django Project
1. Start a Django project in the project directory
# On OSX or Linux
(venv)website.com $ django-admin.py startproject project .
# On Windows
(venv)website.com $ python -m django-admin startproject project .
2. Run the site server and browse the site
(venv)website.com $ python manage.py runserver
If everything goes well, you should see this:
3. Convert project folder to a Git repo
(venv)website.com $ git init .
4. Create and edit .gitignore file.
*.pyc
venv
5. Stage all files and commit!
(venv)website.com $ git add .
(venv)website.com $ git commit -m "Created a Django project"
6. Verify your last commit. It should say nothing to commit.
(venv)website.com $ git status
Challenge: Feeling Advanced? You look advanced. You can do this!
Why don’t you try streamlining your project using GitFlow or Feature Branch Workflows? They say these workflows are great especially if you’re working with a team.