Django Tutorial

Learning Django by following Official Docs. Also learing pyenv, pyenv-virtualenv, & poetry

• Django (Official Website) - The web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.
• Writing your first Django app - this is part 1, visit the link for more

PRE-REQUISITE

• Python is required. You can install it anyway you want, i prefer pyenv
• pyenv - Simple Python version management
• pyenv-virtualenv - a pyenv plugin to manage virtualenv (a.k.a. python-virtualenv)
• poetry - Python dependency management and packaging made easy

STEPS

1. Make a project folder

   mkdir <project_folder> && $_

2. Create a Virutalenv using pyenv-virtualenv or poetry (or any other). Make sure to select the correct interpreter in vscode

   # create
   pyenv virtualenv <python_version> <virtualenv_name>
   
   # set the environment to auto-activate (.python-version) 
   pyenv local <virtualenv_name>
   
   # dependency manager
   poetry init

3. Install Package

   poetry add django

4. Start project

   poetry run django-admin.py startproject <project_name> .

5. Export dependencies to a requirements.txt

   poetry export -f requirements.txt --output requirements.txt

RESOURCES

• Time zones - time zone handling
• Related objects reference - model relations
• Field lookups - how to use double underscores
• Making queries - database API
• URL dispatcher - use of URLconfs. A URLconf maps URL patterns to views
• PyLint (Optional) - DevDependency
  • PyLint for Django in VSCode - Medium Article
  • Missing Docstring - Stackoverflow
• Templates
• Avoiding race conditions using F()
• Class-based views
• Testing in Django
• Static Files
  • Managing static files (e.g. images, JavaScript, CSS)
  • The staticfiles app
  • Deploying static files discusses how to use static files on a real server.
• The Django admin site
  • display() decorator
  • list_display - properties configurable via the decorator
• Templates
• What to read next

REFERENCES

• SETTING UP A DJANGO 3 PROJECT WITH POETRY
• Managing a Django Project with Poetry
• Get started with pyenv & poetry. Saviours in the python chaos!
• Poetry virtual environment in project root - Github Discussions
• Python: Setting Up Project Environment - Example