Basics

Creating a new project

django-admin startproject projectName will create a projectName directory in your current directory

Running the development server

Inside a new project there will be a management.py file. This can be used to run your development server by using the command python manage.py runserver {port}

{port} is optional, and allows you to specify a port to listen to.

Hot reload

Django has a hot-reload function which will reload the site when changes are made to the python code. When new files are added however, they will not be reflected in the site, and a restart is required.

Apps

An app is a web application that can do something, for example a database, or a simple polling app.

Projects

A project is a collection of configuration and apps for a particular website, and can contain multiple apps

Creating new apps

To create a new app you run python manage.py startapp appName