A simple list of django CLI commands you may need whenever starting up a new project

django_cheatsheet.py

# Django Cheatsheet

# start a new Python env (with Anaconda)
`conda create -n my_env pip python=3.8.8` # insert your fav python version here

# activate Python Env
`conda activate my_env`

# install Django
`pip install django`

# create Django project
`django-admin startproject my_project`

# start new Django app 
`python manage.py startapp my_app`

# prepare the migrations: 
`python manage.py makemigration`

# migrate:
`python manage.py migrate`

# create a superuser
`python manage.py createsuperuser`

# see SQL commands run by django: 
`python manage.py sqlmigrate first_app 0001`

# run Django shell: 
`python manage.py shell`

# examples of queries you can run in the shell:
`MyModel.objects.all()`, 
`MyModel.objects.filter(name='my_name')`, 
`MyModel.objects.filter(age__gte=20).all()`, 
`MyModel.objects.filter(first_name__startswith="c").all()`, 
`MyModel.objects.filter(first_name__startswith="c").exclude(age__gte=20).all()`, 
`MyModel.objects.order_by('age').all()`

# run Django db shell: 
`python manage.py dbshell`

# Useful commands for the db shell
`.schema`
`.tables`

# run Django tests: 
`python manage.py test --verbosity=2` # verbosity add more details, goes from 0(quiet) to 2(verbose) 

# run Django server
`python manage.py runserver -port=8000` # specify a port if needed

# collect all statics file in a folder
`python manage.py collectstatic`

# make a requirements.txt file
`pip list --format=freeze > requirements.txt`

# group all the application and output database diagram into PNG file 
`python manage.py graph_models -a -g -o imagefile_name.png`