Getting started

Table of Contents:

• XAMPP
• Node.js
• Django

XAMPP

• Windows

  • Step 1: Download and Install XAMPP Default installation directory- c:/xampp.
  • Step 2: Open the XAMPP control panel and start the Apache module.
  
  • Step 3: Open any browser and go to the url: localhost
  
  • XAMPP for windows has been successfully installed 😀

• Linux

  Will be available soon

Node.JS

Will be available soon

Django

• Windows

  • Open Command Line or Windows Powershell and type bellow command

  • Step 1: Install Virtual environment pip install virtualenv env.

  • Step 2: Once virtualenv is installed, you need to Activate it. For Activating Virtual Environment type –./env/Scripts/activate.

  • Step 3: After activating the Virtual Environment, we will install Django inside it. pip install django Note - Django is installed in your virtualenv locally.

  • Step 4: Start a django Project django-admin startproject <project_name>

  • Step 5: cd <project_name>

  • Step 6: That’s it, Now run the python manage.py runserver

  • Step 7: Open any browser and go to the url: http://127.0.0.1:8000

  • Hurray! we have created the Django project and you will see the folder structure like this 😀

    └── env (All ENV File)
    ├── manage.py
    └── my_django_project
        ├── init.py
        ├── settings.py
        ├── urls.py
        └── wsgi.py
    2 directory, 5 files
    

  • To stop local server press CONTROL-C. Then you can exit your virtual environment using the command deactivate

• Linux

  • Step 1: We can install Python and Pip3 using following commands

      sudo apt-get install python3
      sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip
    

  • Step 2: Install Virtual environment pip3 install virtualenv env.

  • Step 3: Once virtualenv is installed, you need to Activate it. For Activating Virtual Environment type –. env/Scripts/activate.

  • Step 3: After activating the Virtual Environment, we will install Django inside it. pip3 install django

    • Note Installing Django in Virtual Environment is the recommended practice by Developers.

  • Step 4: Start a django Project django-admin startproject <project_name>

  • Step 5: cd <project_name>

  • Step 6: That’s it, Now run the python3 manage.py runserver

  • Step 7: Open any browser and go to the url: http://127.0.0.1:8000

  • Django project is successfully created. 😀