HOW TO CREATE A SIMPLE DJANGO WITH TWO APPS: BLOG AND STORE

Mulky mohammed — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:08:53 +0000

Introduction
Django is a powerful web framework for building scalable and secure web applications with Python. In this guide, we will walk through how to:

Set up a Django project
Create two applications (blog and store)
Configure and test them in the browser

Requirements

Python installed (python-- version)
Basic knowledge of terminal commands
VS Code or any text editor
Git Bash/CMD/Powershell

Step 1: Set Up a Virtual Environment
Open your terminal and run:

Then activate it:

Step 2:Install Django

Confirm Django is installed

Step 3:Create Your Django Project

This will create the following structure:

Step 4: Create Two Apps: blog and store

Step: Register Apps in Settings
Edit mysite/settings.py:

Step 6:Add views
Blog/views.py

Store/views.py

Step 7:Set Up URLs

Create blog/urls.py:

Create store/urls.py:

Create store/urls.py:

Step 8:Run the Development Server

Now visit your browser

blog, http://127.0.0.1:8000/

store, http://127.0.0.1:8000/blog/

ENVIRONMENT SETUP for python django

Mulky mohammed — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:59:57 +0000

1.Git
-what is git?
Git is a version control system that helps developers track changes to their code and collaborate with others.
How to download

-Go to Google Chrome to download git

Click this link https://git-scm.com

-Click download

Download git based on your operating system

-Click to download the latest version

PYTHON

What is Python?
It is a beginner-friendly programming language used in web development, data science, and other fields.
How to download

-To download Python, go to Google Chrome,
click this link https://www.python.org/

-Click the Python version release.

-Click download, and download Python based on your operating system

3.DOCKER
What is Docker?
It is a platform for building, running, and managing applications in containers, ensuring your code works consistently across different environments.
How to download Docker

-Go to Google Chrome,
Click this link https://www.docker.com, then click GET STARTED

-Download Docker
Click download based on your operating system

Visual Studio Code what is visual studio code? It is a lightweight, powerful code editor that supports multiple languages, extensions, and debugging. inshort, it is a text editor.

How to download Visual Studio Code

-Go to Google Chrome

Click this link https://code.visualstudio.com

-click download
Download Visual Studio Code based on your operating system

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HOW TO CREATE A SIMPLE DJANGO WITH TWO APPS: BLOG AND STORE

ENVIRONMENT SETUP for python django