Let's start by setting up a virtual environment.

In the terminal / VScode terminal:
Linux:

sudo apt install pipenv

Windows:

pip install pipenv

Then, common commands:

pipenv install

This installs all the necessary files (pipfile)

Install Django:

In terminal:

pipenv install Django

Open Shell:

pipenv shell

To ensure that you have installed Django, run:

pip show Django

Starting a new project:

In terminal:

django-admin startproject mysite .

Open it on localhost:8000

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

Migrate the changes:

python manage.py migrate

Create a super user:

python manage.py createsuperuser

Enter your username and password, confirm password.

To start the app:

python manage.py startapp feed

Go to settings.py, Add 'feed', item in the INSTALLED_APPS = []

In terminal

django-admin startproject mysite .

again.

Go to models.py, and type:

class Post(models.Model):
  text = models.CharField(max_length=140, blank=False, null=False)

In terminal:

python manage.py makemigrations

python manage.py migrate

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

Go to admin.py, and type:

• from .models import Post
  
  class PostAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    pass
  
  admin.site.register(Post, PostAdmin)

Refresh localhost:8000

Adding a home page

• Go to views.py

    from django.views.generic import TemplateView

    from .models import Post

    class HomePage(TemplateView):
        http_method_names = ["get"]
        template_name = "feed/homepage.html"

        def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
            self.request = request
            return super().dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)

• Make a new folder and file under feed, templates/feed/homepage.html
• In mysite/urls.py,

    from django.contrib import admin
    from django.urls import path
    from django.conf.urls import include
    from feed import urls as feed_urls

    urlpatterns = [
        path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
        path("", include(feed_urls, namespace="feed")),
    ]

• In settings.py, under INSTALLED_APPS, under DIRS[] add,

    'DIRS': [
            os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, "feed/templates")
    ],