Create Project

Part 1, Chapter 3

Before you begin this tutorial, you'll need a recent version of Python 3 on your machine. If you are using Mac OS and don't have Python 3, I recommend installing it using Homebrew.

Create a directory to hold the project:

$ mkdir perusable && cd perusable 

Next, make a "server" directory inside the "perusable" directory:

$ mkdir server && cd server 

Create and activate a virtual environment:

$ python3.11 -m venv env $ source env/bin/activate (env)$ 

Feel free to swap out venv and Pip for Poetry or Pipenv. For more, review Modern Python Environments.

Create a file called server/requirements.txt:

# server/requirements.txt Django==4.1.7 django-filter==22.1 djangorestframework==3.14.0 elasticsearch-dsl==7.4.0 psycopg2-binary==2.9.5 

Here, we defined the Python library requirements for our app, which include Django, Django Filter, Django REST Framework, Elasticsearch DSL, and Psycopg2.

Use pip to install the dependencies and then create a new Django project and app:

(env)$ pip install -r requirements.txt (env)$ django-admin startproject perusable . (env)$ python manage.py startapp catalog 

Your project structure should now look like this:

└── server ├── catalog │ ├── __init__.py │ ├── admin.py │ ├── apps.py │ ├── migrations │ │ └── __init__.py │ ├── models.py │ ├── tests.py │ └── views.py ├── manage.py ├── perusable │   ├── __init__.py │   ├── asgi.py │   ├── settings.py │   ├── urls.py │   └── wsgi.py └── requirements.txt