Django: How To

Create project folder and navigate in it

md project_folder
cd project_folder

Create Virtual Environment

python -m venv .venv

Activate Virtual Environment (windows)

C:\path\to\project> .venv/Script/activate

Update pip in the Virtual Environment

(.venv) path/to/project> python -m pip install --upgrade pip

Install Django

(.venv) path/to/project> python -m pip install django

Create the project with

(.venv) path/to/project> django-admin startproject <project_name>

The project directory should look like this:

project_name/
    manage.py
    project_name/
        __init__.py
        settings.py
        urls.py
        wsgi.py