PROGRAMMING A PROJECT

Go to directory where you want the project to reside, say ~/prog/django

Name the project, say "mysite"

run:

    cd mysite

install virtual environment in that directory, using:

    python3 -m venv .env
    source .env/bin/activate.csh
    python3 -m pip install django or
    python3 -m pip install django=3.2.5 (or whatever)

in mysite:
    django-admin startproject mysite_project .
    mkdir static, static/css
    mkdir templates/ [templates/registration]

decide what functions you want mysite to perform
decide what apps you need to perform these functions

For each app:

    Decide on app name, say "myapp"
    do python3 manage.py startapp myapp

    in myapp_project:
        edit settings.py:
            add myapp to INSTALLED_APPS
            change TIME_ZONE to 'America/Los Angeles'
            add possibly at end:
                LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = 'home'
                LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL = 'home'
                ??: STATICFILES_DIRS = [path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')]
        edit urls.py:
            add include to import
                urlpatterns = [
                path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
                path('accounts/', include('django.contrib.auth.urls')),
                path('', include('myapp.urls')),
                ]
    
    in myapp:
        edit models.py to create models
        edit urls.py to add a line for each view in views.py

    in mysite:
        python3 manage.py makemigrations
        python3 manage.py migrate
            
    in myapp:
    
        edit admin.py to add, e.g.:
        from .models import Post
        admin.site.register(Post)

        add views to views.py, one for each thing you want it to do.

    in templates:

        create templates needed for the views you want, including base.html
        and home.html

    in templates/registration:

        create login.html