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== Software == | == Software == | ||
=== Python === | |||
* Cygwin (Bash shell for Windows) | (version <strike>2.7.3</strike> ~3.2 is the version referenced by the current Django tutorial)<ref>[https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/intro/tutorial01/ Writing Your First Django app, part 1] (Django Project)</ref> | ||
=== [[Django_Development_with_IIS#BitNami_Django_Stack|Django]] === | |||
* [https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/topics/install/ How To Install Django] - Django Documentation (version 1.8) | |||
* [http://bitnami.com/stack/django download link] (Windows) | |||
=== Database === | |||
Recommended database is [http://www.postgresql.org/download/ PostgreSQL]. | |||
''(PostgreSQL is running on `littledamienii`, so this step is not necessary, actually.)'' | |||
==== Mac ==== | |||
* Download the PostgreSQL installer & run it. | |||
* Install '''pip''': `sudo easy_install pip` | |||
* Install `psycopg2`: `pip install psycopg2` | |||
=== Cygwin (Bash shell for Windows) === | |||
''There is a local version of the distribution.'' | |||
=== [[#PyCharm|PyCharm]] === | |||
IDE for Django/Python development | |||
== IDE == | == IDE == | ||
Revision as of 18:50, 28 August 2015
Overview
Any information relevant to doing Django development on Windows.
Software
Python
(version 2.7.3 ~3.2 is the version referenced by the current Django tutorial)[1]
Django
- How To Install Django - Django Documentation (version 1.8)
- download link (Windows)
Database
Recommended database is PostgreSQL.
(PostgreSQL is running on littledamienii, so this step is not necessary, actually.)
Mac
- Download the PostgreSQL installer & run it.
- Install pip:
sudo easy_install pip - Install
psycopg2:pip install psycopg2
Cygwin (Bash shell for Windows)
There is a local version of the distribution.
PyCharm
IDE for Django/Python development
IDE
PyCharm
I have been using PyCharm. There are other options, but this seems to offer a lot.
- Can connect to databases from within the IDE.
- Debugger.
- Runs a server within the IDE for debugging purposes.
Similar this command from the Django tutorial:
c:/myproject> python manage.py runserver 8080
- Can create a Django project
Analog to the following command from the Django tutorial:
c:/myproject> django-admin.py startproject mysite
Other IDEs
Notes on other IDEs as they are used or tested. Esp. any features that they offer that PyCharm does not.
A lot of people simply use vim or notepad++. But those are simply text editors, albeit with pretty-print in the case of notepad++. They don't offer debuggers or database browsers.
Windows
- Sublime Text
Mac
- Sublime Text
- Atom
- KDevelop
External Links
- PyCharm Vs Sublime Text - Open Source Hacker
Debugging
PyCharm
- Create all Django projects to be debugged from within PyCharm:
This will create a project environment where the PyCharm debugger can run.- File > New Project
- Project name: [project name]
- Location: [d:\path\to\parent_dir] (PyCharm will match the actual project directory name to the project name.)
- Project type: Django Project
- Click OK
- Enter app name and template directory in the next dialog if desired.
- Click OK
- Run the debugger once the code has been added.
- Run > Debug ProjectName
- This will start up a server running the site on `http://127.0.0.1:8080
(or whatever port is configured in the configuration). - Set the appropriate breakpoints.
- Load the site in a browser to test GET requests.
Runcurl` to test POST requests.- PyCharm will stop execution at the breakpoints.
Notes
- ↑ Writing Your First Django app, part 1 (Django Project)