Django is a powerful web framework for Python. It is used to create web applications quickly and easily. To get started with Django, you need to install it on your system. This tutorial will show you how to install Django on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
To install Django, you need to have Python installed on your system. Python is a popular programming language and is available for free. You can download Python from the official website here. Once you have Python installed, you can install Django using the command line.
$ pip install django
This command will install the latest version of Django on your system. Once the installation is complete, you can verify the installation by running the following command:
$ django-admin --version
This command will output the version of Django that is installed on your system. You can now start using Django to create web applications.
In this step, we will create a Django project. Django is a powerful web framework written in Python. It allows us to quickly create web applications with minimal effort. To create a Django project, we need to open a terminal and run the following command:
django-admin startproject myprojectThis command will create a directory called myproject which contains the necessary files and folders for our Django project. We can then navigate to the myproject directory and run the following command to start the development server:
python manage.py runserverThis will start the development server on port 8000. We can then open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000 to view our Django project. We can also use the manage.py command to create Django apps, manage the database, and more. For more information, please refer to the Django documentation.
In this step, we will create a Django app to handle our user login. To do this, we will use the django-admin command. Open up a terminal window and navigate to the directory where you created your Django project. Then, run the following command:
django-admin startapp myappThis will create a new directory called myapp in your project directory. This directory will contain all the files necessary for your Django app. Now, open up the settings.py file in your project directory and add the following line to the INSTALLED_APPS list:
'myapp',This will tell Django to include your app in the project. Now, you can start configuring the settings for your app. To do this, open up the myapp/settings.py file and add the following lines:
AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'myapp.User'
LOGIN_URL = '/login/'
LOGOUT_URL = '/logout/'
These settings will tell Django to use the User model from your app for authentication and to use the /login/ and /logout/ URLs for logging in and out. Now, you are ready to create your user model.
In this step, we will configure the settings for our Django project. We will need to add the 'django.contrib.auth' application to the INSTALLED_APPS list in the settings.py file. This will enable us to use the Django user model for our email login. We will also need to add the 'django.contrib.sites' application to the INSTALLED_APPS list. This will enable us to use the Django Sites framework for our email login. We will also need to add the 'allauth' application to the INSTALLED_APPS list. This will enable us to use the allauth package for our email login. Finally, we will need to add the 'allauth.account' application to the INSTALLED_APPS list. This will enable us to use the allauth account package for our email login.
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.sites',
'allauth',
'allauth.account',
...
]
We will also need to add the 'allauth.socialaccount' application to the INSTALLED_APPS list. This will enable us to use the allauth socialaccount package for our email login. We will also need to add the 'allauth.socialaccount.providers.google' application to the INSTALLED_APPS list. This will enable us to use the allauth Google provider for our email login.
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.sites',
'allauth',
'allauth.account',
'allauth.socialaccount',
'allauth.socialaccount.providers.google',
...
]
We will also need to add the 'SITE_ID' setting to the settings.py file. This will enable us to use the Django Sites framework for our email login. We will also need to add the 'LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL' setting to the settings.py file. This will enable us to redirect users to the desired page after they have logged in.
SITE_ID = 1 LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'
Finally, we will need to add the 'AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS' setting to the settings.py file. This will enable us to use the allauth package for our email login. We will also need to add the 'ACCOUNT_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD' setting to the settings.py file. This will enable us to use the allauth package for our email login.
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
'allauth.account.auth_backends.AuthenticationBackend',
)
ACCOUNT_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD = 'email'
Now that we have configured the settings for our Django project, we can move on to the next step and create a user model for our email login.
In this step, we will create a user model for our Django project. This model will be used to store user information such as username, email address, and password. To create the user model, we will use the Django command-line utility. First, open a terminal window and navigate to the project directory. Then, run the following command:
python manage.py makemigrations
This command will create a migration file for the user model. Next, run the following command to apply the migration:
python manage.py migrate
This command will create the user model in the database. Now, we need to configure the settings for the user model. Open the settings.py file and add the following lines:
AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'users.User'
LOGIN_URL = '/login/'
LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'
These settings will configure the user model for authentication and login. Finally, we need to create a form for the user model. To do this, open the forms.py file and add the following code:
from django import forms
from .models import User
class UserForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = User
fields = ('username', 'email', 'password')
This form will be used to create and update user information. Now, our user model is ready to use. In the next step, we will learn how to create views for the user model.