How to start working with Django web framework

 Django is a powerful web framework for Python that makes it easy to build web applications quickly. Here are some steps you can follow to start learning Django programming:

Install Python: Django requires Python to be installed on your machine. If you don't already have Python installed, you can download it from the official Python website (https://www.python.org/downloads/).

Install Django: Once you have Python installed, you can use the pip package manager to install Django. Open a terminal or command prompt and type the following command:

pip install django

Create a new Django project: To create a new Django project, open a terminal or command prompt and navigate to the directory where you want to store your project. Then run the following command:

django-admin startproject myproject

Replace myproject with the name you want to give to your project. This will create a new Django project with the specified name in the current directory.

Run the development server: Navigate to the project directory and run the following command to start the development server:

python manage.py runserver

This will start the development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/. You can access the Django admin site at http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/.

Create an app: Django projects are made up of one or more apps. To create a new app, run the following command in the project directory:

python manage.py startapp myapp

Replace myapp with the name you want to give to your app. This will create a new app with the specified name in the project directory.

Define models: In Django, a model is a class that represents a table in the database. To define a model, open the models.py file in your app and define a class for each model you want to create. For example:

from django.db import models class Article(models.Model): title = models.CharField(max_length=200) content = models.TextField() pub_date = models.DateTimeField('date published')

This defines a model called Article with three fields: title, content, and pub_date.

Run migrations: After defining your models, you need to run migrations to create the necessary database tables. Run the following command to apply the migrations:

python manage.py makemigrations python manage.py migrate

Create views: A view is a Python function that takes a request and returns a response. To create a view, open the views.py file in your app and define a function for each view you want to create. For example:

from django.shortcuts import render def article_list(request): return render(request, 'myapp/article_list.html')

This defines a view called article_list that renders the article_list.html template.

Define URL patterns: To map a view to a URL, you need to define a URL pattern in the urls.py file of your app. For example:

from django.urls import path