Django Admin: Basics and Beyond

From PyCon 2017, given by Kenneth Love

Setup

This tutorial assumes Python 3.6. If you're using other versions, you'll have to change strings from f-strings to .format() calls. Other pieces may not work, either, without editing.

1. Download the project and put it somewhere you can find it later
2. Create a virtual environment with python -m venv <venv name>
3. Activate your virtual environment
4. Install the required packages with pip install -r requirements.txt while inside the project's directory
5. Check out the start tag for the project, this is where the tutorial will pick up (git checkout start)
6. Run python manage.py migrate to apply all migrations
7. Run python manage.py createsuperuser and create your user
8. Run python manage.py generate_purchases 20 to add 20 purchases and all related records to your database