Hello World django

Here are simple steps to create hello world web application in python using django framework

1. Step 1: Install virtual environment and create virtual environment for your project

   pip install virtualenvwrapper-win
   

   mkvirtualenv myproject

2. pip install virtualenv

3. virtualenv name_to_your_env
   

4. name_to_your_env\Scripts\activate

5. After activation 
   
   $ django-admin.py startproject HelloWorld  $ cd HelloWorld 
   $ ls HelloWorld manage.py

6. $ python manage.py runserver 
   Validating models... 
   0 errors found ... 
   Django version 1.6.5, using settings 'HelloWorld.settings' 
   Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/ 
   Quit the server with CONTROL-C.

7. $ django-admin startapp HelloWorldApp
   $ ls
   HelloWorld HelloWorldApp manage.py
8. edit settings.py under HelloWorld project directory
   # Application definition
   INSTALLED_APPS = ( ‘django.contrib.admin’,
   ‘django.contrib.auth’,
   ‘django.contrib.contenttypes’,
   ‘django.contrib.sessions’,
   ‘django.contrib.messages’,
   ‘django.contrib.staticfiles’,
   ‘HelloWorldApp’, )
9. modify the urls.py which is under the project directory, HelloWorld

   from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url 
   from HelloWorldApp.views import foo 
   
   #from django.contrib import admin 
   #admin.autodiscover() 
   
   urlpatterns = patterns('', 
   # Examples: 
   # url(r'^$', 'HelloWorld.views.home', name='home'), 
   # url(r'^blog/', include('blog.urls')), 
   #url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)), 
   url(r'HelloWorldApp/$', foo), 
   )

10. modify views.py under app directory, HelloWorldApp

    # Create your views here. 
    from django.http import HttpResponse 
    def foo(request): 
        return HttpResponse("Hello World!")

11. Run the server

    python manage.py runserver

     

12. Hit this URL on browser
    http://localhost:8000/HelloWorldApp/

Ref Links:

• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/windows/
• http://www.bogotobogo.com/python/Django/Python_Django_hello_world.php
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18684231/python-setup-command-not-found
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8074955/cannot-import-name-patterns
• https://scotch.io/tutorials/build-your-first-python-and-django-application
• http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/2.10/templates/