In this tutorial, I will show you How To Install Django In Mac.Djangois the web framework developed in Python.Django is the high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. It takes care of much of a hassle of Web development, so you can focus on writing your app without needing to reinvent the wheel. It is the free and open source. Some of the advantages of the Django framework are as follows.
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What a wonderful time to be developer. I'm down here at the BUILD Conference in San Francisco and Microsoft has just launched Visual Studio Code - a code-optimized editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux and a new member of the Visual Studio Family. Visual Studio Code (I call it VSCode, myself) is a new free developer tool. It's a code editor, but a very smart one.
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- 7 Step 6: Open Django on Visual Studio Code.
Advantages of Django Framework
- Ridiculously fast.
- Reassuringly secure.
- Exceedingly scalable.
- Incredibly versatile.
- Fully loaded.
Step 1: Install Python on Mac.
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Python is already installed on brand new Mac, but its version is old. So what we do is to install the latest version of python using homebrew.
Okay, after it will complete the installation, you will type the following command to check the version. First type python3 in your terminal. Since MacOS X has already python installed, we cannot uninstall the old version because otherwise the Python 2 supported programmes will be stopped and we need to reinstall the mac. So we need to type python3instead of python.
It will display the version, and now we can execute the python code. I am using iTerm2 so your terminal may be a different, but it does not matter with any commands anyway.
Okay, so we have successfully installed the python 3. Now, to out from the python console, we need to type exit().
Step 2: Install Pip package management system.
Pip is the package management system used to install and manage software packages written in Python. Now, install it using the following command.
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Step 3: Install virtualenv for python.
Now, type this command in your terminal.
Okay, after installing, we need to create the virtual environment. Now you will create this folder when you are putting your other projects. Mine is desktop >> code folder. So navigate to that and type the following command. In my case, My virtualenv folder name is thanos.
Okay, so it will install the required folders. Now, go into that folder.
Now, activate the virtual environment by typing the following command. Please Make sure you are in the virtual environment directory.
You will see your terminal looks like below.
So, our virtual environment has been started. Now, this is the time to install the Django Framework.
Step 4: Install Django In Mac
Okay, now stay in that folder and install Django using the following command.
It will download the Django project. Check the Django version using the following command.
In our case, we have explicitly defined that we are installing 2.0.3. So it will display that version.
Step 5: Create the Django Project.
We need to install skeleton of the Django project. So type the following command.
Here, our project name is thanosback. Next, go into that folder.
Finally, we have created the project. Now start the project server by typing the following command.
It has started the development server, and we can access it via localhost:8000
Navigate to the browser, and you will see the screen like this.
Step 6: Open Django on Visual Studio Code.
If you have not installed Visual Studio Code on Mac then please check out my below tutorial.
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This step is optional because if you are using Visual Studio Code, then it will be helpful to you. If you are using another IDE like pycharm or editor like sublime text, then you can skip this step. First, perform the following step.
Install the Python extension.
Now, open our project in the visual studio code using the following command.
Please make sure, you are at the root of the thanosback folder.
You will get the folder structure like this.
Finally, How To Install Django In Mac tutorial is over. Thanks!!