How to Start Your Django Project

Let's learn how to create a project in Django

Step 1

Open Command prompt and check Python and PIP versions

py --version
pip --version

Step 2

Create a folder for your project

cd \
mkdir my-django
cd my-django
mkdir project1
cd project1

Step 3

Create a Virtual Environment named 'venv1' in the created folder

py -m venv venv1

Step 4

Activate the Virtual Environment:-

To activate, run the activate.bat file in scripts folder

C:\my-django\project1\venv1\scripts\activate.bat

Step 5

Install Django Framework

python -m pip install django      

Step 6

Check django version

django-admin --version     

Step 7

Create a django project named 'website1'

django-admin startproject website1      

Step 8

Run the django project:-

To run the project first go to the folder and run the command:-

cd website1      
python manage.py runserver      

Step 9

Open website in browser.

You can see the default home page of your django website