Django — Project

Create Project

django-admin startproject mysite

Project Files

mysite/
├── manage.py          # Command-line utility
└── mysite/
    ├── __init__.py    # Python package
    ├── settings.py    # Configuration
    ├── urls.py        # URL routing
    ├── asgi.py        # ASGI config
    └── wsgi.py        # WSGI config

manage.py Commands

python manage.py runserver      # Start server
python manage.py migrate        # Run migrations
python manage.py createsuperuser # Create admin user
python manage.py shell          # Interactive shell
python manage.py collectstatic  # Collect static files

Settings Overview

# settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS = [...]      # Installed applications
MIDDLEWARE = [...]          # Request/response middleware
ROOT_URLCONF = 'mysite.urls'
TEMPLATES = [...]           # Template configuration
DATABASES = {...}           # Database settings
STATIC_URL = '/static/'     # Static files URL

Secret Key

# Generate new secret key
from django.core.management.utils import get_random_secret_key
print(get_random_secret_key())

URL Configuration

# mysite/urls.py
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path, include

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('', include('blog.urls')),
]

Mini Practice

1. Create a new project
2. Explore the project structure
3. Modify settings
4. Add URL patterns

Up Next

Continue with Applications — organizing code into apps.