DJango Installation Steps

thebuzz September 24, 2019 Uncategorized 0

Windows Installation Process

Linux/Ubuntu Installation Process

Install Conda

Site / conda version — https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/
If Anacando is already installed then remove and install new one
Download the Python 3.9 version

Open Anaconda Powershell Prompt

Type the below commands in Anaconda Powershell Prompt

```
conda update -n base -c defaults conda
```
```
conda create -n myenv python=3.9
```

conda init bash ( Only for Linux / Ubuntu Users )

```
conda activate myenv
```
```
conda install mysqlclient #for Ubuntu
```
```
pip install mysqlclient #for Windows
```

conda config --append channels conda-forge

```
conda install django==4.0.1 
```
```
conda install sqlparse
```

Install MAMP

Download MAMP ( NON PRO Version ) —https://www.mamp.info/en/downloads/
Open MAMP ( screen )

Startservers and ensure mysql and apache are coming in the green color
Click on “Open Web Start Page “

Find ‘phpMyAdmin link’
Click on the database section – and create one database named -myproject ( use encryption utf8_general_ci )

Install Visual Studio Code (for editing the code) And install python extension https://code.visualstudio.com/Download

Create Django Project

In Document Folder create one folder name ‘projects’
cd to that folder from conda shell
django-admin startproject wordcount # it will create one folder name as wordcount.
Open wordcount/wordcount/settings.py file and change existing DATABASES to as shown below
- ```
DATABASES = {
```

    'default': {

        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',

        'NAME': 'myproject',

        'USER' : 'root',

        'PASSWORD' : 'abcd1234',

        'HOST' : '127.0.0.1',

        'PORT' :''

    }

}

And run
- Python manage.py runserver ( it will start the server )
- In IE go to http://127.0.0.1:8000 – if you see django page meaning you have done the setup correctly.

Linux/Ubuntu Installation Process

Download the anaconda(Python 3.7) from https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/

Open the terminal and type the below commands: