django-cheats

Django Cheatsheet

Create and navigate to the project directory

$ mkdir <directory-name> && cd <directory-name>

Create a python virtual environment

$ python3 -m venv .env

Activate the virtual environment

$ source .env/bin/activate

Install django and psycopg2-binary

$ pip3 install django psycopg2 psycopg2-binary

Create a requirements file

$ pip3 freeze > requirements.txt

Create the django project

$ django-admin startproject <project-name> .

Create the first app

$ python3 manage.py startapp <app-name>

Run the Server

$ python3 manage.py runserver

The migrate command is used to update the database schema

$ python3 manage.py migrate

Create migration files for all Models that have been added or changed since the last migration

$ python3 manage.py makemigrations

A super user is an administrator for the site. When you are logged in to this account, you can access the Admin app to add additional users and manipulate Model data.

$ python3 manage.py createsuperuser

Change your password

python3 manage.py changepassword <user_name>