Setting up Django Project: Part 1

Environment:

• Visual Studio Code
• MAC OSX

Frameworks:

• Django
• Bootstrap (UI)
• Python 3.6
• CondaMini for Virtual Environment
• Github for version control

Preset:

• Visual Studio Code already installed

Step 1: Create a new folder

Step 2: Install miniconda for setting up the virtual environment

• https://conda.io/miniconda.html

Step 3: Install and Test Conda

• Open Terminal in VS Code and run conda --version
• Re-start Terminal by typing exit whether you are using builtin VS Code terminal or regular terminal window
• Type conda --version to verify conda installed 
• If you see conda 4.5.4 or something similar, conda is working
• Getting started guide with conda https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/getting-started.html 

Step 4 : Create a virtual environment with Django

• conda create --name [envName] django
• Select yes to download and create the virtual environment

Step 5: Activate / Deactivate virtual environment

• Once the virtual environment is created use
• source activate [envName]
• to deactivate: source deactivate
• the keyword source is required on MAC OS

Step 5(a): Checking for existing virtual environments [Edited]

• conda info --env
• You can see which virtual environments have been created using the above command. We can see two
• The one with the * is the active one

base                  *  /Users/shamyl/miniconda3
SLS                      /Users/shamyl/miniconda3/envs/SLS
                         /anaconda3/envs/myEnv

Step 6: Create first Django Project

• django-admin startproject [projectName]

Step 7: Create an app within your django project

• python mange.py stratapp [appName]

Step 8: Run your server and test it out

• python manage.py runserver

Step 9: Create GIT Repository and commit to Master

• I'm using GitHub Desktop
• Created a new repository
• Gave it a name and pointed it to the local directory where the project is saved
• Gave a summary and description and pressed the commit to master button to create the first master