python --version - currently active python
pip list - check that virtualenv is installed in current python
virualenv env - virtualenv, create an environment of the specified (here the default) python version, called "env", at the default location (here)
source ./env/Scripts/activate (BACKslashes for windows, no source)
pip install django-stubs
pip install django-cms
django-admin startproject rootFolderName
python manage.py startapp subfolderAppName
pip install psycopg2 for Postgres
pip install mysqlclient for MySQL
If you encounter a horrid problem with getting mysqlclient to install without erroring, check that wheel is installed, that VS Build tools are installed, and that mysql is functioning from commandline with env variable set properly.
pip install django-stubs // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59031982/type-annotations-for-django-models
/repo where your project is /repo/RootFolder/settings.py
[mypy]
mypy_path = ./RootFolderOfDjango
plugins =
mypy_django_plugin.main
strict_optional = True
[mypy.plugins.django-stubs]
django_settings_module = RootModuleOfDjango.settings
Great set of diagrams here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36311812/django-cannot-import-modules