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Django Create App

What is an App?

An app is a web application that has a specific meaning in your project, like a home page, a contact form, or a members database.

In this tutorial we will create an app that allows us to list and register members in a database.

But first, let's just create a simple Django app that displays "Hello World!".

Create App

I will name my app members .

Start by navigating to the selected location where you want to store the app, in my case the my_tennis_club folder, and run the command below.

If the server is still running, and you are not able to write commands, press [CTRL] [BREAK], or [CTRL] [C] to stop the server and you should be back in the virtual environment.

python manage.py startapp members

Django creates a folder named members in my project, with this content:

my_tennis_club
 manage.py
 my_tennis_club/
 members/
 migrations/
 __init__.py
 __init__.py
 admin.py
 apps.py
 models.py
 tests.py
 views.py

These are all files and folders with a specific meaning. You will learn about most of them later in this tutorial.

First, take a look at the file called views.py .

This is where we gather the information we need to send back a proper response.

You will learn more about views in the next chapter .

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1. Django Tutorial2. Django Introduction3. Django Getting Started4. Django - Create Virtual Environment5. Install Django6. Django Create Project7. Django Create App8. Django Views9. Django URLs10. Django Templates11. Django Models12. Django Insert Data13. Django Update Data14. Django Delete Data15. Django Update Model

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