Blog on Django - server side

How to run

To run the blog, you should already have Python 3 installed.

• Download the code
• Install the dependencies with the pip install -r requirements.txt command
• Start the server with the command python3 manage.py runserver.

After that go to 127.0.0.1:8000, to see the home page.

Environment variables

Some of the project settings come from environment variables. To define them, create a .env file next to manage.py and write the data there in this format: VARIABLE=value.

These settings are not required to start the project, the values are already set by default.

The following variables are available:

• DEBUG - debug mode. Set True to see debugging information in case of an error. Turned off by a value of False.
• SECRET_KEY - the secret key of the project. For example: erofheronoirenfoernfx49389f43xf3984xf9384.
• ALLOWED_HOSTS - see Django documentation.
• STATIC_URL - the default is '/static/'. What is STATIC_URL.
• STATIC_ROOT - defaults to 'None', i.e., the current folder. What is STATIC_ROOT.
• MEDIA_URL - defaults to '/media/'. What is MEDIA_URL.
• MEDIA_ROOT - The default is 'media'. What is MEDIA_ROOT.

Project Goals

The code is written for educational purposes