nuwwan/django-rest-crud

Django CRUD example

Django REST CRUD Application

Create a Django application

1. Create a virtual environment.

python3 -m venv env_name

2. Activate Virtual environment.

# macos
source env_name/bin/activate 

3. Install dependencies.

pip install django djangorestframework

4. Create a django project.

python django-admin startproject *project_name*

5. Create a django app.

cd *project_name*
python manage.py startapp *app_ma,e*

6. Run the django project.

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 # you can use any port here, i'm mr 8000 <3

Bonjour! your first django up and running...

upload project to github

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1. cd into the base directory of your project.

cd /where/you/want/to/go

2. Initialize git repository.

git init

3. Add files that are going to be included in first commit.

# git add single file
git add *file_name*

# git add everything inside current directory
git add .

4. Create a commit

git commit -m 'initial commit'

5. Create github repository.

6. Add remote link to your project.

git remote add origin https://github.com/your/project.git

7. Create main branch

git branch -M main

8. push to github.

git push -u origin main

9. Add .gitignore file.

# macos
touch .gitignore

10. Add directories or files which are not going to pushed to github.

dir/
__pycache__/ # ignone pycache directory
*.pyc # ignore all py cache files
*.sqlite3 # ignore database file

Configure Debugger for vs code

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1. Create a launch.json file

mkdir .vscode
cd .vscode
touch launch.json

2. Add following content to the launch.josn.

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Python Debugger: Django",
            "type": "debugpy",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/backend/manage.py", // location for manage.py file
            "args": [
                "runserver",
                "5000" // specify the port
            ],
            "django": true
        }
    ]
}

3. Add python interpreter location to vs code.

• press command + P.
• Type > on the text section appear very top of the IDE.
• Click on Python: Select Interpreter.
• Enter python executable location there.(vnev python location)

ex: ~/Desktop/projects/my_app/venv/bin/python