How to set up a Django project in PyCharm

Solution 1:

You can simply go to:

In Run -> Edit Configurations create new configuration
Script: path_to/manage.py
Script parameters: runserver

Solution 2:

If you look at the features edition comparison matrix, you will see that only PyCharm Professional supports the Django Framework.

You can set up a project from the command line using the manage.py script and just open it in PyCharm. Then use the terminal to sync, start server etc...

You can use Eclipse PyDev with https://pydev.org/manual_adv_django.html. I have not tried it so I cannot say how good or bad it is.

There is a tutorial on setting up a new project here.

Wingware also seems to have some Django support.

Solution 3:

I have met the problems today. At last, I finished it by:

Create project in command line
Create app in command line
Just open the existing files and code in pycharm

The way I use have the benefits:

don't need by professional pycharm
code django project in pycharm

Solution 4:

Pycharm integration with Django. Please try below steps for integration.

1. Add Django plugin inside your python interpreter

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Click + icon for installation of Django

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2. Check Django installation:

create a sample.py file

  import django
  print(django.get_version())

3. Open the terminal and entered

django-admin startproject mysite(name of your project)

4. Run Server

cd mysite
python manage.py runserver

You are able to start Django server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/

5. Create the application

Open the another terminal and entered

 cd mysite
 python manage.py startapp webapp(name of your app)

Please refer for more detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUeLWSrtcFc

Solution 5:

Note: I use pipenv to install dependencies, so I will assume you have it installed. Otherwise, follow these instructions. I use Python 3, so I will also use Django 2.

Using PyCharm 2019.1, 2018.3.1

I can state that it has become pretty simple the way to start a Django project.

Open PyCharm, and select Create New Project.

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Choose Django in the left menu, provide a path and a name for your project. I strongly recommend using pipenv to manage your packages. Click on Create.

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That's it. Wait to PyCharm to create a virtual environment, install Django, and and index files. Now you are all set. Click on the play button in upper run corner and you will see the Django launch page you can see at the end of this answer.

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Previous versions of PyCharm

First, let's create a project that will have the name of our Django project. I will call this directory mysite, and I will navigate inside of it.

$ mkdir mysite && cd mysite

Second, let's create a virtual environment using pipenv:

$ pipenv --three

Third, open up PyCharm, and click on Open. Browse to mysite directory, and click on Open.

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PyCharm will automatically recognize the virtual environment that you previously created, so if you open a terminal inside PyCharm, you will see the interpreter is actually set.

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Fourth, from the terminal, install Django using pipenv and create a new project called mysite

$ pipenv install django
$ django-admin startproject mysite .

After running this commands your project directory should look like this:

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mysite # this is the root project
├── Pipfile
├── Pipfile.lock
├── manage.py # this is the Manage script
└── mysite
    ├── __init__.py
    ├── settings.py # these are the settings
    ├── urls.py
    └── wsgi.py

Fifth, enable the Django support in Preferences -> Languages & Frameworks -> Django.

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