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Interactive Web Site Design Using Python Script 63-3
FIGURE 63.3
The process of creating a project.
execute the command django-admin.py startproject paper _ system. Four files will be automatically
generated and they are: manage.py, settings.py, urls.py, and __ init __ .py, each of
which has specified functions:
• manage.py: This is a command line that can help to interact with the Django project in various ways
in format: manage.py [options]. For example, manage.py runserver
is used to start running the server.
• settings.py: This file is used to set/configure the Django project information, such as user
name, password, and locations of the template resources.
• urls.py: The URL declarations of the Django project.
• __ init __ .py: An empty file specifying that the current directory should be considered as a
Python package.
63.3.2 run the Project
The work above can be verified by running the project: (1) cd to the directory of the project and (2) run
command manage.py runserver. If the project is successfully created, the result is shown as in
Figure 63.4.
Now the server is running and it can be locally visited by http://localhost:8000/ with the browser.
Figure 63.5 shows the Web site information.
The link address and port can be modified using commands such as manage.py runserver
131.204.222.54:80.
FIGURE 63.4
Result of running the project.
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