alberhander/django_project

Getting started with Django framework

Django Project

Setup MySQL

Remove any previous MySQL install/data before

1. sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql*
2. sudo apt-get purge mysql*
3. sudo apt-get autoremove
4. sudo apt-get autoclean
5. sudo apt-get remove dbconfig-mysql

Adding MySQL APT Repository

1. Download MySQL: Download from https://dev.mysql.com
2. shell> sudo dpkg -i /PATH/version-specific-package-name.deb
3. sudo apt-get update

Install form apt

1. sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Manage mysql service

• sudo service mysql status or sudo systemctl status mysql
• sudo service mysql stop/start or sudo systemctl stop/start/restart mysql

Create virtualenv for this project

• virtualenv -p python3 django_project
• $ source env/bin/activate
• pip install django==1.5.12

Project Setup

• Setup the project: django-admin.py startproject my_django_project