How to start a Django Project

Add new local env to PyCharm

- Click on PyCharm -> Preferences
- Click on Project Interpreter -> Python Interpreter
- Click on the "+" -> Local
- Go to your home directory -> .virtualenvs -> writers -> bin
- Choose the file that's just called python

Create a django project

- mkvirtualenv yourenvname
- requirements:
- pip install django
- pip install psycopg2
- django-admin.py start project your_project_name (this creates a directory and project for you)
- cd your_project_name
- python manage.py startapp your_app_name
- Add your app to the INSTALLED_APPS section in settings.py

Set up your database

- psql -h localhost postgres
- CREATE DATABASE database_name;
- Add local_settings.py to your project’s main directory
- Set your database default. Typically: 
DATABASES = {
default: { 
  ‘ENGINE’: ‘django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2’, 
  ’NAME’: ‘database_name’, 
  ‘HOST’: ‘localhost’
}}