alexmhack/django-custom-user-model

Customizing authentication in Django by creating a custom user model

Django-Custom-User-Model

Customizing authentication in Django by creating a custom user model

1. Create virtualenv

   pipenv install django 	<- install django using pipenv
   pipenv shell	<- activate virtualenv
   

2. Start Django project

   django-admin startproject custom
   python manage.py startapp accounts
   

   Add 'accounts' in settings.py INSTALLED_APPS

3. Creating custom model in accounts/models.py and registering the model in accounts/admins.py. Checkout the code from the repo.

4. Running the makemigrations and migrate commands

   python manage.py makemigrations
   python manage.py migrate
   

5. Creating super user

   python manage.py createsuperuser