Setting up a Django Project in PyCharm

• In the terminal, mkvirtualenv PROJECT_NAME
• In the virtualenv, pip install django
• In the virtualenv, pip install psycopg2
• In the virtualenv, django-admin.py startproject PROJECT_NAME
• If the DB isn't running, in the virtualenv, run postgres -D /usr/local/var/postgres
• In the virtualenv, psql postgres
• In postgres, open create database PROJECT_NAME;
• In PyCharm, create the file local_settings.py
• In local_settings.py paste

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
        'NAME': 'PROJECT_NAME',
    }
}

• In settings.py, under the DATABASES section paster

try:
    from local_settings import *
except ImportError:
    pass

• In Pycharm, click on PyCharm -> Preferences -> Project Interpreter -> Gear Icon -> Add Local. Go to your home directory -> .virtualenvs -> PROJECT_NAME -> bin -> python

Setting up Django App

• In virtualenv, cd PROJECT_NAME (same level as manage.py
• In virtualenv, python manage.py startapp APP_NAME
• In PyCharm project, open settings.py and in INSTALLED_APPS add 'APP_NAME'

Creating Data Model

• In models.py, under from django.db import models paste

class TABLE_NAME(models.Model):
    variable1 = models.CharField(max_length=120)
    variable2 = models.CharField(max_length=40, null=True)

    def __unicode__(self):
        return u"{}".format(self.variable1)

Setting up Django Admin

• When using the built-in Django admin panel, this step always goes together with creating a data model
• In PyCharm, open admin.py and paste

from django.contrib import admin
from your_app.models import TABLE_NAME

class TABLE_NAMEAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    fields = ['variable1','variable2']

admin.site.register(TABLE_NAME, TABLE_NAMEAdmin)

Create Tables in Database

• In virtualenv, python manage.py makemigrations
• In virtualenv, python manage.py migrate

###Create SuperUser

• In virtualenv, python manage.py createsuperuser
• In Username: , enter an admin_name
• In Email address: , enter admin_email
• In Password: , enter a password
• In PyCharm, check settings.py under INSTALLED_APPS and make sure you see 'django.contrib.admin',