First time using Django

Implemented a tiny blogging application while going through Django tutorial at Django Girls.

Clone repository

git clone https://github.com/samiralibabic/my-first-blog.git django-blog
cd django-blog

Run in Docker container

Update 2023: You can run the project in a Docker container.

Build Docker image

Make sure Docker is running and:

docker build -t django-blog .

Run Docker container

docker run -p 8000:8000 django-blog

Manual install

Update 2023: I added the steps to run the project manually, by installing the required dependencies using Python virtual environment.

Install Python environment

Install pyenv to manage Python versions, as we need an older one for this project:

brew install pyenv
brew install pyenv-virtualenv

Use pyenv to install compatible Python version:

pyenv install 3.5.10

Create new Python virtual environment:

pyenv virtualenv 3.5.10 django-blog
pyenv activate django-blog

Install Django 1.9 inside virtual environment:

pip install Django==1.9

Migrate the database

python manage.py migrate

Create a superuser

python manage.py createsuperuser

Run the development server

python manage.py runserver

The project runs on http://localhost:8000.