aqueum / djangotut-old

djangoTut setup

Setup vagrant box

• Pick box from Vagrant
• I chose ubuntu/xenial64
  • create new folder, I called mine djangoTut
  • I added the path to djangoTut as an alias called djangoTut by:
    • nano .bash_profile
    • add the line: `alias djangoTut='cd "/Users/PATH_TO_YOUR_DJANGOTUT_FOLDER"'
  • navigate to new folder in terminal
  • vagrant init ubuntu/xenial64
  • edit vagrant file
    • uncomment # config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 80, host: 8080, host_ip: "127.0.0.1"
    • change ports 80 and 8080 to 8000 as that's what the django development server uses
    • so you now have config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 8000, host: 8000, host_ip: "127.0.0.1
  • vagrant reload to load the new vagrant file
  • vagrant ssh to SSH into your new box

Install Django

• python3 -m django --version to confirm no django installed (or check version)
• install database, if not SQLite, but tutorial uses SQLite
• remove django if you have an out of date version
• install pip
  • sudo apt-get update --fix-missing (I did this at pip's instruction but assume I should have done it first)
  • sudo apt install python3-pip to install pip
  • pip3 install --upgrade pip to upgrade pip
• setup virtualenv
  • pip3 install virtualenv to install virtualenv
  • cd /vagrant
  • virtualenv ENV to create a new virtual environment in directory ENV
  • source ENV/bin/activate to activate virtual env
• pip install Django to install Django
• python -m django --version to check installed version - I have 1.11.3

Set up Django project

• django-admin startproject mysite to create django settings, database configuration & file structure
• check project working
  • cd /vagrant/mysite
  • python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 to run lightweight non-production development server - here's why 0.0.0.0.:8000

Create app

• ctrl-c to exit server
• cd /vagrant/mysite to get to folder with manage.py
• python manage.py startapp polls to create polls app starter

Add a view

• edit polls/views.py to: `from django.http import HttpResponse

def index(request): return HttpResponse("Hello, world. You're at the polls index.")`

• add new polls/urls.py with content: `from django.conf.urls import url

from . import views

urlpatterns = [ url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'), ]`

• add url pattern url(r'^polls/', include('polls.urls')), and from django.conf.urls import include to mysite/urls.py

To launch

• in terminal djangoTut or navigate to the folder with your vm
• vagrant up
• vagrant ssh
• cd /vagrant/mysite
• source ../ENV/bin/activate
• python manage.py runserver 0:8000