For Windows

Install Python

Django is a Python web framework, thus requiring Python to be installed on your machine.

To install Python on your machine , follow the link https://python.org/download/, and download a Windows MSI installer for Python. Once downloaded, run the MSI installer and follow the on-screen instructions.

Once the installation is complete, open the command prompt and check the Python version by executing this command

python --version

If you encounter any problems, first make sure you have set the PATH variable correctly. You might need to adjust your PATH environment variable to include paths to the Python executable and additional scripts. For example, if your Python is installed in C:\Python34\, the following paths need to be added to PATH:

C:\Python34\;C:\Python34\Scripts;

Install PIP

PIP is a package manager for Python that uses the Python Package Index to install Python packages. PIP will later be used to install Django from PyPI. If you've installed Python 3.4, pip is included so you may skip this section.

Step 1: To install pip first we need to download get-pip.py file. To do that go to this link https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py and save this file by ctrl + s in the same file where the python is located.

Python is usually saved on this path: C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310.

Step 2: Once this file is save, open the command prompt by typing cmd in your start menu,then navigate to where the get-pip.py is located in your system and run the below given command

python get-pip.py

Now pip is installed in your system, you can check it through this command

pip --version

Install Django

Now we have everything we need to install in Django. We can easily install Django by running this command in the command prompt.

pip install Django

Aand we are done with setting up Django in our system, now you can code all you want in Django.

For Linux

Step 1: Updating System

Update your system by executing the below given command in your terminal.

sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install Python

Although you already have python installed in your system, as it is included while installing any linux based os, but if it is not included run the following command to install python.

sudo apt-get install python3

Check the version of python through this command:

python3 -v

Step 3: Install pip

Pip is included with the python versions above 3.4. So if you have installed python version which is above 3.4 then you can skip this step

Run this command in the terminal to install pip

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

Step 4: Install Django

Now we are all set to install Django in our system. Run this command in the terminal:

pip install Django

Setting Up admiro

Now that you have installed Django in your system its time to setup the admiro theme and start creating you wonderful website.

Step 1: Check Django Version

Make Sure that Django is installed in your system by running this command

Django --version

If it is not installed then make sure that you install it first by above given steps.

Step 2: Install dependencies

Once you have navigated to the admiro folder, make sure that you have run.py in your current directory, you can check it by typing ls in your terminal (if using linux) or dir (if using windows).

Now that we are in the right directory, run the below given commands to install all the dependencies one by one.

pip install libsass

Set Up a Django Project

After you’ve successfully installed Django, you’re ready to create the scaffolding for your new web application. The Django framework distinguishes between projects and apps:

A Django project is a high-level unit of organization that contains logic that governs your whole web application. Each project can contain multiple apps.

A Django app is a lower-level unit of your web application. You can have zero to many apps in a project, and you’ll usually have at least one app. You’ll learn more about apps in the next section.

django-admin startproject admiro 

After Running above command creates a default folder structure, which includes some Python files and your management app that has the same name as your project:

setup/
  │
  ├── setup/
  │   ├── __init__.py
  │   ├── asgi.py
  │   ├── settings.py
  │   ├── urls.py
  │   └── wsgi.py
  │
  └── manage.py

Set Up a Django App

Every project you build with Django can contain multiple Django apps. When you ran the startproject command in the previous section, you created a management app that you’ll need for every default project that you’ll build. Now, you’ll create a Django admiroapp that’ll contain the specific functionality of your web application.

The startapp command generates a default folder structure for a Django app. This tutorial uses admiroapp as the name for the app:

python manage.py startapp admiroapp