Django Files Explained

A skeleton of a django project looks:
(Based on our django Django-Starter Template)

This is just a summary of the documentation on https://docs.djangoproject.com/ and a continuation of our "Getting Started with Django" article.

├── manage.py
├── myapp
│   ├── admin.py
│   ├── apps.py
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── migrations
│   │   └── __init__.py
│   ├── models.py
│   ├── tests.py
│   └── views.py
└── _projectroot
    ├── asgi.py
    ├── __init__.py
    ├── __pycache__
    │   ├── __init__.cpython-38.pyc
    │   ├── settings.cpython-38.pyc
    │   ├── urls.cpython-38.pyc
    │   └── wsgi.cpython-38.pyc
    ├── settings.py
    ├── urls.py
    └── wsgi.py

These project files are:

1. The outer _projectroot/ root directory is a container for your project. The folder can be renamed.

2. manage.py: A command-line utility that lets you interact with this Django project in various ways. Do not touch this file.

3. The inner _projectroot/ directory is the actual Python package for your project. Its name is the Python package name you’ll need to use to import anything inside it (e.g. _projectroot.urls).

4. _projectroot/__init__.py: An empty file that tells Python that this directory should be considered a Python package.

5. _projectroot/settings.py: Settings/configuration for this Django project.

6. _projectroot/urls.py: The URL declarations for this Django project; a “table of contents” of your Django-powered site.

7. _projectroot/asgi.py: An entry-point for ASGI-compatible web servers to serve your project.

8. _projectroot/wsgi.py: An entry-point for WSGI-compatible web servers to serve your project.

The App files

1. admin.py: Registering your models here for them to be manipulated on the django admin

2. apps.py: Contains the app configuration code

3. models.py: Define your models here. These are the tables used for storing data and defining their relations

4. tests.py: Writing tests for the app

5. views: Defining data to be rendered on the templates