Last Updated: November 21, 2025

Django

Python web framework

Project Setup


        pip install django

Install Django


        django-admin startproject myproject

Create new project


        python manage.py startapp myapp

Create new app


        python manage.py runserver

Start development server

Models

from django.db import models

class Post(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    content = models.TextField()
    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    
    def __str__(self):
        return self.title

Views

from django.shortcuts import render
from .models import Post

def post_list(request):
    posts = Post.objects.all()
    return render(request, 'posts/list.html', {'posts': posts})

URLs

from django.urls import path
from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    path('posts/', views.post_list, name='post_list'),
]

Management Commands


        python manage.py makemigrations

Create migrations


        python manage.py migrate

Apply migrations


        python manage.py createsuperuser

Create admin user


        python manage.py collectstatic

Collect static files

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