Django Tutorial
My most requested tutorial starts today. In this part of my Django tutorial I’ll show you how to install Django on both Windows and MacOS. I tested this series of steps on multiple machines to hopefully guarantee that nobody has any trouble installing Django.
Django is one of the easiest web frameworks to work with, while being extremely powerful. I have a step-by-step list of everything in the video below the video on this page.
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Installing Django on Windows & MacOS
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# ---------- INSTALL DJANGO ON MAC ---------- 1. Check your Python version by typing in the terminal : python --version 2. You want Python 3.4 or higher. Type the following to see if you have Python 3 in the terminal : python3 --version 3. If you need Python 3.4 or above do this A. Download Python at https://www.python.org/downloads B. Click Download Python 3.5.1 or later C. Click Open D. Click continue a few times. Agree to the terms and install. You may have to enter your password. 4. Check to see if you have pip installed in the terminal type : pip --version 5. If you don't have pip 8 or above type in the terminal : sudo easy_install pip 6. Type in the terminal : sudo pip install Django 7. Test that Django is installed in the terminal A. python3 B. import django C. django.get_version() D. You should see '1.10.2' or higher 8. Create a sample site : django-admin startproject sampsite A. sampsite is were your project lives i. __init__.py tells Python that this is a Python package ii. settings.py has settings for the Django project iii. urls.py a sort of table of contents for your project iv. wsgi.py serves your project B. manage.py allows you to interact with your project 9. Start the server : python manage.py runserver # ---------- INSTALL DJANGO ON WINDOWS ---------- 1. Check your Python version by typing in the terminal : python --version (You want Python 3.4 or higher) 2. If Python 3.4 or higher isn't installed A. Go to https://www.python.org/getit/windows/ B. Click on Latest Python 3 Release C. Click on Windows x86 executable installer D. Click Run E. Check Install for all users and add Python 3 to path a. Open Control Panel -> System & Security -> System -> Advanced System Settings on the left b. Environment Variable button c. Select PATH and click edit d. Add c:\Pyhon34, or what ever your Python directory is 3. Install Pip in the command line type : python -m pip install -U pip 4. Create a Python Virtual Environment so we don't have to worry about changing dependencies that your system may not want edited. A. Type in Command Prompt : pip install virtualenv B. Create the virtual environment for your site in command prompt : virtualenv env_site1 C. Activate the environment in CP i. cd Scripts ii. activate 5. Install Django in CP : pip install django 6. Test that it works A. python B. import django C. django.get_version() D. You should see '1.10.2' or higher 7. Create a sample site : django-admin startproject sampsite A. sampsite is were your project lives i. __init__.py tells Python that this is a Python package ii. settings.py has settings for the Django project iii. urls.py a sort of table of contents for your project iv. wsgi.py serves your project B. manage.py allows you to interact with your project 8. Start the server : python manage.py runserver |
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