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Python Django Basics Say Hello to Django Starting the Project

Posted by Farbod Jahan
Farbod Jahan
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Django with Pycharm?

Is there a special way to accomplish this or do I just need to install Django through the plugins? I did pip install on cmd but what about for pycharm? Thanks

Also I can do django-admin startproject learning_site fine on workspaces but I'd rather use pycharm as my editor

3 Answers

Tatiana Vasilevskaya
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Tatiana Vasilevskaya
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Here is a link to the tutorial how to create a virtual environment for your project in Pycharm.

Farbod Jahan
Farbod Jahan
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Only question is how do I preview the IP address 0.0.0.0:8080. For workbench theres a preview button but for pycharm there isn't anything I just do localhost

Tatiana Vasilevskaya
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Tatiana Vasilevskaya
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You can check here how to run Django projects with Pycharm

Flore W
Flore W
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Flore W
Flore W
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For people using the Community version of PyCharm, when creating a new project, you will notice that the Project Type left hand bar is missing. You won't be able to create a Django project straight away.

So once you've created the Virtual Env, you'll have to type in the Terminal:

pip install Django
django-admin startproject learning-site

I wonder if we need to enter pip install Django everytime even if we already have Django installed... can anyone shed some light on the topic?