Django Getting Started

Setting up virtual Environment

It is suggested to have a dedicated virtual environment for each Django project

Create Virtual Environment

• Navigate to where you want to create your project and type the following in the command prompt

python -m venv myproject

this will create the following folder structure

Myproject

    Include

    Lib

    Scripts

    .gitignore

    pyvenv.cfg

Activate the environment type the command

myproject\Scripts\activate.bat

Once the environment is activated, you will see this result in the command prompt:

(myproject) C:\Users\Your Name

Note: Always activate the virtual environment everytime you are working on your project

Install Django

(myproject) ... $ python -m pip install Django

Check Django Version

(myproject) C:\Users\Your Name> django-admin --version

Create Django Project

go to where you want to store your project files  and type the command in the command prompt

django-admin startproject tracking_app

it should create a folder called tracking_app with the following structure

tracking_app

    manage.py

    tracking_app

        __init__.py

        asgi.py

        settings.py 

        urls.py

        wsgi.py

Run the Django Project inside your tracking_app folder type the command in the command prompt

python manage.py runserver

this will produce this 

Watching for file changes with StatReloader

Performing system checks...

System check identified no issues (0 silenced).

You have 18 unapplied migration(s). Your project may not work properly until you apply the migrations for app(s): admin, auth, contenttypes, sessions.

Run 'python manage.py migrate' to apply them.

March 19, 2025 - 14:19:38

Django version 5.1.7, using settings 'my_tennis_club.settings'

Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/

Quit the server with CTRL-BREAK.