Django Web Design Step by Step – install and setup environment

the demo source code can be downloaded in github.
git@github.com:aaaaatoz/djangoweb.git

Download and Install Django

Django is the most popular Python-based web framework (https://www.djangoproject.com/), in this serial blogs, we are going to setup a website using Django step by step

Django can be downloaded from the official website, the current version is 1.6 but in the blog, we will use 1.5.5 for demonstration.

When Django is downloaded, unzip the file and you will get the files as below:

Then we will use the traditional python command to install the django infrastructure

#python setup.py install

After a few mins, you will get the Django framework installed. To test if it is ready just type

[root@hadoop1 Django-1.5.5]# which django-admin.py

/usr/bin/django-admin.py

Setup a Project

Setup a Project and Application for your website

In Django 1.5, project is the framework and application is the web container. We will navigate to a proper location and create a project as

#django-admin.py startproject djangoweb

You will find a directory called djangoweb has been created. In side the directory, there is a directory with the same name (djangoweb) and a manage.py file

Setup an Application

Now, make sure you are in the djangoweb (project not the subdirectory) directory and create an application called mysite by the below commands:

#django-admin.py startapp mysite

You will see a dictory called mysite has been created. Now You djangoweb project should look like:

Run Django Web Framework

We will explain the files and their function in the next a few blogs but now let’s enjoy Django by the command

#python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8080

There should be no error and the web server is ready to serve the request.

Try using web browser to access it and you will see an Django Welcome page.