Create Python Virtual Environment and develop userdashboard in Django application

In this article i have explained

1) What is virtual environment

2) How to create virtual environment

3) How to install django under virtual environment

4) how to start django server under virtual environment

5) how to create login form using django auth application

'What is a Virtual Environment?

It is another way to install Django under a specific directory, It will be used to host the Django applications under live web server, This code can live anywhere on your computer.

Step1st:

run the following command:-

Open Command Prompt and create folder

mkdir foldername

cd foldername

Run Command To Create Virtual Environment

py -m venv environmentname

Type Command

py -m venv myproject

(myproject) D:\django_auth\myproj>py -m venv myproject

Enter into Environtname\Scipts\activate.bat

Type Command

myproject\Scripts\activate.bat

(myproject) D:\django_auth\myproj>myproject\Scripts\activate.bat

py -m pip install django

py -m django --version

django-admin startproject projectname

python manage.py migrate

python manage.py runserver

Step2nd:-

Code of urls.py

from django.contrib import admin

from django.urls import path,include

from django.views.generic.base import TemplateView

urlpatterns = [

    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),

    path("accounts/", include("django.contrib.auth.urls")),

    path('', TemplateView.as_view(template_name='home.html'), name='home')

]

Code of Settings.py

"""

Django settings for myproj project.

Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 4.1.3.

For more information on this file, see

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/topics/settings/

For the full list of settings and their values, see

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/

"""

from pathlib import Path

# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.

BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent

# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production

# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/howto/deployment/checklist/

# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!

SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-ez+4h4t12=1h_pp7v==_sye84g^c903dg=e1#-7dg+k&&!=x+='

# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!

DEBUG = True

ALLOWED_HOSTS = []

# Application definition

INSTALLED_APPS = [

    'django.contrib.admin',

    'django.contrib.auth',

    'django.contrib.contenttypes',

    'django.contrib.sessions',

    'django.contrib.messages',

    'django.contrib.staticfiles',

]

MIDDLEWARE = [

    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',

    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',

    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',

    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',

    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',

    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',

    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',

]

ROOT_URLCONF = 'myproj.urls'

TEMPLATES = [

    {

        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',

        'DIRS': [BASE_DIR / "templates"],

        'APP_DIRS': True,

        'OPTIONS': {

            'context_processors': [

                'django.template.context_processors.debug',

                'django.template.context_processors.request',

                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',

                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',

            ],

        },

    },

]

WSGI_APPLICATION = 'myproj.wsgi.application'

# Database

# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#databases

DATABASES = {

    'default': {

        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',

        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',

    }

}

# Password validation

# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators

AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [

    {

        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',

    },

    {

        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',

    },

    {

        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',

    },

    {

        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',

    },

]

# Internationalization

# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/topics/i18n/

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'

TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'

USE_I18N = True

USE_TZ = True

LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = "home"

LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL = "home"

# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)

# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/howto/static-files/

STATIC_URL = 'static/'

# Default primary key field type

# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#default-auto-field

DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'

Create Templates/registration

design login.html file

<h2>Log In</h2>

{% extends 'base.html' %}

{% block title %}Login{% endblock %}

{% block content %}

<form method="post">

  {% csrf_token %}

  {{ form.as_p }}

  <button type="submit">Log In</button>

</form>

{% endblock %}

create base.html under templates directory

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

  <meta charset="utf-8">

  <title>{% block title %}Django Auth Tutorial{% endblock %}</title>

</head>

<body>

  <main>

    {% block content %}

    {% endblock %}

  </main>

</body>

</html>

create home.html under templates directory

{% extends 'base.html' %}

{% block title %}Home{% endblock %}

{% block content %}

{% if user.is_authenticated %}

  Hi {{ user.username }}!

  <p><a href="{% url 'logout' %}">Log Out</a></p>

{% else %}

  <p>You are not logged in</p>

  <a href="{% url 'login' %}">Log In</a>

{% endif %}

{% endblock %}

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